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United Republic of Tanzania
Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania  (Swahili)
Motto: "Uhuru na Umoja"  (Swahili)
"Freedom and Unity"
Anthem: "Mungu ibariki Afrika"
("God Bless Africa")
Location of Tanzania (dark green) in eastern Africa
Location of Tanzania (dark green) in eastern Africa
Map of Tanzania
Map of Tanzania
CapitalDodoma
Largest cityDar es Salaam
Official languages
National languageSwahili[1]
Regional languages
Religion
(2020)[2]
Demonym(s)
  • Tanzanian
GovernmentUnitarydominant partypresidentialDemocratic-Socialist republic[3][4][5]
Samia Suluhu
Philip Mpango
Kassim Majaliwa
• Speaker
Job Ndugai
Ibrahim Hamis Juma
LegislatureNational Assembly
Independence from the United Kingdom
9 December 1961
10 December 1963
• Merger
26 April 1964
• Current constitution
25 April 1977
Area
• Total
947,303 km2 (365,756 sq mi) (31st)
• Water (%)
6.4[6]
Population
• 2021 estimate
61,193,226[7] (24th)
• 2012 census
44,928,923[8]
• Density
47.5/km2 (123.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$200.144 billion
• Per capita
$3,574[9]
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
$65.632 billion
• Per capita
$1,172[9]
Gini (2017)Negative increase 40.5[10]
medium
HDI (2019)Increase 0.529[11]
low · 163rd
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (TSH)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Driving sideleft
Calling code+255[a]
ISO 3166 codeTZ
Internet TLD.tz
  1. Revised to $41.33 billion[12]
  2. Swahili and English are de facto official languages

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021


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