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• Location: Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. 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 the Indian Ocean to the east. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.

• The name "Tanzania" was created as a clipped compound of the names of the two states that unified to create the country: Tanganyika and Zanzibar.[27] It consists of the first three letters of the names of the two states ("Tan" and "Zan") and the suffix, "ia" to form Tanzania.

• Population: 36,481,000

• Capital: Dodoma

• Area: 945,087 square kilometers (364,900 square miles)

• Language: Kiswahili, Kiungujo, English, Arabic, many local languages

• Religion: Christian, Muslim, indigenous beliefs

• Currency: Tanzanian shilling

• Industry: Agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining

• Agriculture: Coffee, sisal, tea, cotton; cattle

• Exports: Gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton

• People & Culture: Tanzania’s population includes around 120 different African tribal groups. The largest group is the Sukuma, who live in the north-western part of the country, south of Lake Victoria.The country’s earliest people were hunters and gatherers, who inhabited the land as far back as5000BC. Around 800AD, traders moved to the country from India, Arabia and Persia (present day Iran), creating a diverse mix of peoples and cultures. Today, about 90 percent of Tanzanians live in the rural areas and live off what they can grow on the land. In more recent years, however, people have started to migrate from the countryside to developing towns and cities.

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