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Region: Africa

Capital: Dar es Salaam

Population: 49,988,672

Area Total: 945,090

Area Land: 886,040

Climate: Varies from tropical along coast
to temperate in highlands.




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Country Overview

Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Dar es Salaam 2,698,652 2020
Mwanza 436,801 2020
Zanzibar 403,658 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Africa
Population: 49,988,672
Area Total: 945,090km2
Area Land: 886,040km2
Coast Line: 1,424km
Capital: Dar es Salaam
Climate: Varies from tropical along coast
to temperate in highlands.
Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official)
Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar)
English (official, primary language of commerce,
administration, and higher education)
Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar)
Currency: 1 Tanzanian shilling (TSh$) = 100 cents
Holiday: Union Day is 26 April (1964), Saba Saba Day is 7 July, Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day is 5 February


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 73.80°F
July: °C / 68.40°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 42.3"


Boundaries
Kenya 769 km
Mozambique 756 km
Malawi 475 km
Malawi 475 km
Burundi 451 km
Uganda 396 km
Zambia 338 km
Rwanda 217 km


Ethnic Divisions
Indigenous African 99.00%
Other 1.00%


Religions
Christian 45.00%
Muslim 34.00%
Indigenous beliefs 20.00%
Other 1.00%

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