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United Republic of Tanzania
Jamhuri Ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Swahili)
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Location of Tanzania (dark blue)
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| Capital | Dodoma | ||||
| Largest city | Dar es Salaam | ||||
| Official languages | none de jure | ||||
| National language | Swahili | ||||
| Other languages | English | ||||
| Demonym | Tanzanian | ||||
| Government | Unitary presidential socialist republic | ||||
| John Pombe Magufuli | |||||
| Samia Suluhu | |||||
| Kassim Majaliwa | |||||
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• Speaker
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Job Ndugai | ||||
| Mohamed Chande Othman | |||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |||||
| 9 December 1961 | |||||
| 10 December 1963 | |||||
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• Merger
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26 April 1964 | ||||
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• Current constitution
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25 April 1977 | ||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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947,303 km2 (365,756 sq mi) (31st) | ||||
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• Water (%)
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6.4 | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• 2014 estimate
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51,820,000 (28th) | ||||
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• 2012 census
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44,928,923 | ||||
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• Density
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47.5/km2 (123.0/sq mi) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$163.522 billion | ||||
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• Per capita
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$3,296 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$51.194 billion | ||||
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• Per capita
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$1,032 | ||||
| Gini (2012) | 37.8 medium |
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| HDI (2015) |
low · 151st |
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| Currency | Tanzanian shilling (TZS) | ||||
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||||
| Drives on the | left | ||||
| Calling code | +255 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | TZ | ||||
| Internet TLD | .tz | ||||
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Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E
in Africa (light blue subregion=the African Union)
Tanzania /ˌtænzəˈniːə/, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in Eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Parts of the country are in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south; and by the Indian Ocean to the east. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.