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Country Overview Local people are native Africans 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 120 tribes). The remaining 1% are Asians, Europeans, Americans and Arabs.

	Eastern Africa, longitude 290 and 410 East and Latitude 10 and 120 South. It shares its borders with Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the Indian Ocean with a coastline length of 1,424 km. Tanzania is the largest nation in the East Africa, both in land area and population.
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Land Area:	883,749 sq.km (881,289 sq.km mainland 2,460 sq.km Zanzibar), plus lakes totaling 59,100 sq.km area. Tanzania is the largest country in Eastern Africa.
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Topography:	A narrow coastal belt with tropical beaches, plateau covered by savanna and bush at an elevation of about 1000m, A Rift Valley, basins, Hills, Mountains and Creters. It has three major sea ports and various fresh water lakes.
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Population:	34.57million including 984,625 in Zanzibar (2002 census), estimates for 2009 is approximately 40 million.
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Municipalities:	Population in municipalities: Dar es Salaam (capital) 2.50mn, Arusha 0.80mn, Mwanza 0.48mn, Dodoma 0.76mn, Morogoro 0.49mn, Kilimanjaro 0.55mn, Mbeya 0.52mn, Iringa 0.35mn, Tanga 0.24mn, Zanzibar (Unguja) 0.39mn
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Languages:	Official: Swahili and English; others are 120 tribal languages.
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Climate:	Tropical along the coast, semi-temperate inland. Dar es Salaam weather: hottest month, January 23-320C; coldest month, July,18-290C; driest month, September, 26mm average rainfall; wettest month, April 263mm average rainfall.
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Religions:	Christianity and Islam
Currency:	Tanzanian Shilling (TShs)
Exchange:	Average exchange rate in June 2009: TShs 1,320/US$1
Time:	Three hours ahead of GMT