Tanzania

**Tanzania** is a country in East Africa. The official languages are Kiswahili and English. It is next to Africa's biggest lake, Lake Victoria.

In 2017, there were about 54,000,000 people living in Tanzania. They are divided into 120 tribes; none have more than 10% of the population. Tanzania is a multicultural society. There are many languages and religions in Tanzania; the main religions being Christianity and Islam.

The president of the United Republic of Tanzania is Samia Suluhu Hassan. Tanzania is a member of the United Nations, UNIDO, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, SADC, PTA, and the ADB. It is also signatory to the Lome Convention.

Mainland Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika) received independence in December 1961, while Zanzibar gained her independence in January 1964, through a revolution. The two countries joined to form the United Republic of Tanzania in April 1964. Until July 1992, Tanzania was a one-party state. Following a Presidential Commission, the country has started a multi-party political system. It has held successful general elections in 1995 and 2000.
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Tanzania is home to the Serengeti. Many animals such as lions and cheetahs live there.

## Regions

Tanzania is divided into 31 Regions. 26 are on the mainland and five in Zanzibar.

Tanzania's regions are: Arusha Dar es Salaam Dodoma Geita Iringa Kagera Katavi Kigoma Kilimanjaro Lindi Manyara Mara Mbeya Morogoro Mtwara Mwanza Njombe Pemba North Pemba South Pwani Rukwa Ruvuma Shinyanga Simiyu Singida Songwe Tabora Tanga Zanzibar Central/South Zanzibar North Zanzibar Urban/West

## Related pages

- List of rivers of Tanzania
- Tanzania at the Olympics
- Tanzania national football team

## Other websites

- New map of Tanzania

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: United Republic of Tanzania
- **image flag**: Flag of Tanzania.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
- **national motto**:
"Freedom and Unity"
- **national anthem**: _Mungu ibariki Afrika_

- **image map**: Location Tanzania AU Africa.svg
- **image map2**: Tanzania - Location Map (2013) - TZA - UNOCHA.svg
- **capital**: Dodoma (de jure)
Dar es Salaam (de facto)
- **largest city**: Dar es Salaam
- **regional languages**: Arabic language, Arabic
- **languages type**: National language
- **languages**: Swahili language, Swahili
- **languages2 type**: Other languages
- **demonym**: Tanzanian
- **government type**: Unitary state, Unitary Presidential system, presidential republic
- **leader title1**: President of Tanzania, President
- **leader name1**: Samia Hassan Suluhu
- **leader title2**: Vice-President of Tanzania, Vice President
- **leader name2**: Emmanuel Nchimbi
- **leader title3**: Prime Minister of Tanzania, Prime Minister
- **leader name3**: Mwigulu Nchemba
- **leader title4**: Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Speaker
- **leader name4**: Mussa Zungu
- **leader title5**: Chief Justice of Tanzania, Chief Justice
- **leader name5**: George Mcheche Masaju
- **legislature**: National Assembly (Tanzania), National Assembly
- **sovereignty type**: Independence
- **established event1**: Tanganyika
- **established date1**: 9 December 1961
- **established date2**: 10 December 1963
- **established event3**: Merger
- **established date3**: 26 April 1964
- **established event4**: Current constitution
- **established date4**: 25 April 1977
- **area km2**: 947,303
- **area rank**: 30th
- **area sq mi**: 365,756
- **percent water**: 6.4
- **population estimate**: 67,462,121
- **population census**: 61,741,120
- **population estimate rank**: 23rd
- **population census year**: 2022
- **population density km2**: 71.2
- **population density sq mi**: 123.1
- **gdp ppp**: $293.59 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2025
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $4,370
- **gdp nominal**: $88.980 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2025
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $1,280
- **gini**: 40.5
- **gini year**: 2017
- **hdi**: 0.555
- **hdi year**: 2023
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 165th
- **currency**: Tanzanian shilling
- **currency code**: TZS
- **time zone**: East Africa Time, EAT
- **utc offset**: +3
- **drives on**: Right- and left-hand traffic, left
- **iso3166code**: TZ
- **calling code**: +255
- **cctld**: .tz
- **footnote a**: Revised to $41.33 billion
- **religion**: (2010 estimate)
Christianity in Tanzania, Christianity 61.4%
Islam in Tanzania, Islam 35.2%
Folk Religion 1.8%
Irreligion in Africa, Irreligious 1.4%
Other 0.2%