|
|
| |
Tanzania
today, map and information | |
| |  |
| | |
| Official
Name : | JAMHURI
YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA (United Republic of Tanzania) |
| Land
Area: | 945,090
square kilometres / 364,805 square miles. |
| Population: | 36,766,000
(est July 2005). Density 38.9 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: | Kiswahili
and English (both official), Sukuma, Makonde, Haya, Ha, others. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 35%, Christian 35%, Muslim 30%. (Zanzibar; 95% Muslim) |
| Capital: | Dodoma.
Population 490,000 | | Currency: | Tanzanian
shilling , divided into 100 cents. |
| Independant: | Tanganyika,
9 December 1961; and Zanzibar 1964 -both from UK. |
| Geography: | The
narrow coastal lowland climbs to about 1000 metres to the Massai Steppe. The Rift
system divides into two branches just north of Lake Malawi, to the east of Lake
Victoria. The eastern arm of the Rift Valley traverses the length of the country
containing Lakes Natron, Manyara, Eyasi and the Serengeti National Park, while
the western arm skirts the Congo (Zaire) border containing Lakes Tanganyika and
Rukwa. See also Southern Africa relief
map. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 | Climate
in Dar es Salaam - elev. 14m/47ft | Position
in Africa |  |  |  |
| |
