Tanzanie
Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E
The Unitit Republic O Tanzanie Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Swahili) | |
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Caipital | Dodoma (de jure) Dar es Salaam (de facto) |
Lairgest ceety | Dar es Salaam |
Offeecial leids | None de jure |
Naitional leid | Swauheely[1] |
Ither leids | Inglis[1] |
Releegion | (2010 estimate)[2]
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Demonym(s) | Tanzanian |
Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic[3][4] |
• Preses | Samia Hassan Suluhu |
Vacant | |
Kassim Majaliwa | |
• Speaker | Job Ndugai |
Ibrahim Hamis Juma | |
Legislatur | Naitional 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) |
• Water (%) | 6.4[5] |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 55,572,201[6] (28t) |
• 2012 census | 44,928,923[7] |
• Density | 47.5/km2 (123.0/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $163.522 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $3,296[8] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $51.194 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $1,032[8] |
Gini (2012) | 37.8[9] medium |
HDI (2015) | 0.531[10] law · 151st |
Currency | Tanzanian shilling (TZS) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +255[note 1] |
ISO 3166 code | TZ |
Internet TLD | .tz |
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The Unitit Republic o Tanzanie (/ˌtænzəˈniːə/ Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania)[12] 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).[13] 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.[14] 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.[13][15] 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.[16]
Notes
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Tanzania". Ethnologue. SIL International.
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201127225447/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine | CIA World Factbook]] 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ David Lawrence (2009). Tanzania: The Land, Its People and Contemporary Life. Intercontinental Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-9987-9308-3-8.
- ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ a b "Basic Facts and Figures on Human Settlements, 2012", National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania Ministry of Finance, 2013, page 1, accessed 10 November 2014
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ Population Distribution by Administrative Areas, 2012 Population an Hoosin Census, Naitional Bureau o Stateestics, Unitit Republic o Tanzanie, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Tanzania. IMF.org
- ↑ "GINI Index". The World Bank. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b Central Intelligence Agency (2009). "Tanzania". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 Januar 2010.
- ↑ "The Tanzania National Website". Tanzania.go.tz. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2012. Retrieved 1 Mey 2010.
- ↑ "The Tanzania National Website: Country Profile". Tanzania.go.tz. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2012. Retrieved 1 Mey 2010.
- ↑ "The World Factbook - Tanzania" Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, CIA, 2006
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