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Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E / -6.307; 34.854

The Unitit Republic O Tanzanie

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania  (Swahili)
Banner o Tanzanie
Banner
Coat o airms o Tanzanie
Coat o airms
Motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" (Swahili)
"Freedom an Unity"
Anthem: "Mungu ibariki Afrika"
(Scots: "God Bless Africae")
Location o Tanzanie
Location o Tanzanie
CaipitalDodoma (de jure) Dar es Salaam (de facto)
Maistmuckle cityDar es Salaam
Offeecial leidsNone de jure
Naitional leidSwauheely[1]
Ither leidsInglis[1]
Releegion
(2010 estimate)[2]
Demonym(s)Tanzanian
GovrenmentUnitar presidential republic[3][4]
• Preses
Samia Hassan Suluhu
Emmanuel Nchimbi
Mwigulu Nchemba
• Speaker
Mussa Zungu
George Mcheche Masaju
LegislaturNaitional Assemmly
Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick
9 December 1961
10 December 1963
• Merger
26 Apryle 1964
• Current constitution
25 Apryle 1977
Area
• Total
947,303 km2 (365,756 sq mi) (31st[5])
• Water (%)
6.4[5]
Population
• 2022 census
61,741,120[6]
• Density
71.2/km2 (184.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2025 estimate
• Total
$293.59 billion[7]
• Per capita
$4,370[7]
GDP (nominal)2025 estimate
• Tot
$88.980 billion[7]
• Per capita
$1,280[7]
Gini (2017)40.5[8]
medium
HDI (2023)Increase 0.555[9]
medium · 165t
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (TZS)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Drivin sidecaur
Cawin code+255[note 1]
ISO 3166 codeTZ
Internet TLD.tz
  1. Revised tae $41.33 billion[10]
Territorial Organization

The Unitit Republic o Tanzanie (/ˌtænzəˈniːə/ Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)[11] is a kintra in central East Africae bordered bi Kenyae an Uganda tae the north, Rwanda, Burundi an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the wast, an Zambie, Malawi an Mozambique tae the sooth. The kintra's eastren borders lie on the Indien Ocean.

The Unitit Republic o Tanzanie is a unitary republic composed o 26 mikoa (regions).[12] The heid o state is Preses Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, electit in 2005. Syne 1996, the offeecial caipital o Tanzanie haes been Dodoma, whaur parliament an some govrenment offices are locatit.[13] Atween unthirldom an 1996, the major coastal ceety o Dar es Salaam served as the kintra's poleetical caipital. The day, Dar es Salaam remains the principal commercial ceety o Tanzanie an the de-facto seat o maist govrenment institutions.[12][14] It is the major seaport for the kintra an its landlockit neighbours.

The name Tanzanie derives frae the names o the twa states Tanganyika an Zanzibar that unitit in 1964 tae form the Unitit Republic o Tanganyika an Zanzibar, which later the same year wis renamed the Unitit Republic o Tanzania.[15]

Notes

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  1. ↑ +007 frae Kenyae an Uganda.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Tanzania". Ethnologue. SIL International.
  2. ↑ "Tanzania". CIA World Factbook via internet archive. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7 Januar 2022.
  3. ↑ David Lawrence (2009). Tanzania: The Land, Its People and Contemporary Life. Intercontinental Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-9987-9308-3-8.
  4. ↑ "About the United Republic of Tanzania". Permanent Representative o Tanzanie tae the Unitit Naitions. Archived frae the original on 19 Februar 2011. Retrieved 31 Januar 2015.
  5. 1 2 ""Basic Facts and Figures on Human Settlements, 2012", National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania Ministry of Finance, 2013, page 1". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Population Size in Tanzania". Tanzania Sensa. Archived frae the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 14 Julie 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2025" (in Inglis).
  8. ↑ "Gini Index coefficient". CIA Factbook. Archived frae the original on 30 Juin 2021. Retrieved 16 Julie 2021.
  9. ↑ Human Development Insights Human Development Reports
  10. ↑ "UPDATE 2-Tanzania's GDP expands by 32 pct after rebasing – officials". Reuters. 19 December 2014. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Tanzania. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tanzania (accessed: 27 March 2007). This approximates the Swahili pronunciation [tanzaˈni.a]. However, /tænˈzeɪniə/ is also heard in English.
  12. 1 2 Central Intelligence Agency (2009). "Tanzania". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 Januar 2010.
  13. ↑ "The Tanzania National Website". Tanzania.go.tz via archive today. Archived frae the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 1 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ "The Tanzania National Website: Country Profile". Tanzania.go.tz via archive today. Archived frae the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2022.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  15. ↑ ""The World Factbook - Tanzania"". CIA World Factbook via archive today. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7 Januar 2022.
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