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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Dar es Salaam
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2,698,652
|
2020
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Mwanza
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436,801
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2020
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Zanzibar
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403,658
|
2020
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| 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
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Kenya
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769 km
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Mozambique
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756 km
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Malawi
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475 km
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Malawi
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475 km
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Burundi
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451 km
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Uganda
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396 km
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Zambia
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338 km
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Rwanda
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217 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Indigenous African
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99.00%
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Other
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1.00%
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Religions
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Christian
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45.00%
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Muslim
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34.00%
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Indigenous beliefs
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20.00%
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Other
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1.00%
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CountryWire
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