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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)
Lairgest ceetyDar 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
Aurie
 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 (/ˌtænzəˈnə/ 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]

  1. +007 frae Kenyae an Uganda.

References

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  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.