Facts About Tanzania

Population: 41,048,532

Area: 945,087 sq km (Including Mafia, Pemba, Zanzibar)

Population growth rate: 2.04% (2009 est.)

Capital: Dar es Salaam

Independence Date: 1964

Government Type: Republic

Sources of additional information:

CIA World Fact Book For Tanzania

The Tanzania US Embass

Economy

GDP: $54.26 billion (2008 est.)

Per Capita GDP: $1,300 (2008 est.)

Monetary Unit: Tanzanian shilling (TZS) - For exchange rates click here

Agriculture products:  Coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.

Industries:  Agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer.

Natural resources:  Hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel

Religions

Mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim

 

Culture

Languages:  Swahili; English (primary language of commerce)

Literacy rate: 69.4%

Weather

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