Tanzania
Currency code:
Currency name:
Tanzanian shilling
Country name:
Tanzania
Capital:
Dodoma
Country code:
Continent:
Independence:
April 26, 1964
Independent from:
26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961 from UK-administered UN trusteeship; Zanzibar became independent on 10 December 1963; Tanganyika united with Zanzibar on 26 April 1964; renamed United Republic of Tanzania on 29 October 1964
Total area:
947,300
Total area note:
947,300note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Land area:
885,800
Water area:
61,500
Population:
48,261,942
Population note:
48,261,942 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
SwahiliEnglish
All languages:
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages
Time zone:
EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drive on:
Left
Calling code:
+255
Domain:
.tz