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Country (long form)
United Republic of Tanzania
Capital Dar es Salaam
note: some legislative offices have been
transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new
national capital; the National Assembly now meets
there on regular basis
Total Area 364,900.13 sq mi
945,087.00 sq km
(slightly larger than twice the size of California)
Population 36,232,074 (July 2001 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take
into account the effects of excess mortality due to
AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher
infant mortality and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050 88,280,060
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), many local
languages
note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of
the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal
Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and
origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources,
including Arabic and English, and it has become the lingua
franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language
of most people is one of the local languages
Literacy 67.8% total, 79.4% male, 56.8% female
(1995 est.)
Religions mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%,
indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Life Expectancy 51.04 male, 52.95 female (2001
est.)
Government Type republic
Currency 1 Tanzanian shilling (TSh) = 100 cents
Industry primarily agricultural processing (sugar,
beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining,
oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products,
fertilizer, salt
Agriculture coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum
(insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts,
tobacco, cloves (Zanzibar), corn, wheat, cassava
(tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
goats
Arable Land 3%
Natural Resources hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron
ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
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