The United Republic of Tanzania is a sovereign country located in East Africa

East Africa

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. Tanzania borders Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 and Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 on the north, Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

, Burundi

Burundi

Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 on the west, and Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

, Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

 and Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 on the south. To the east it borders the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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.

The country's name is a portmanteau of Tanganyika

Tanganyika

Tanganyika , later formally the Republic of Tanganyika, was a sovereign state in East Africa from 1961 to 1964. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika...

, the large mainland territory, and Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...

, the offshore archipelago. The two former British colonies

British Empire

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 united in 1964, forming the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later the same year was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.

In 1996, government offices were transferred from Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...

 to Dodoma

Dodoma

Dodoma , officially Dodoma Urban District, population 324,347 , is the national capital of Tanzania, and the capital of the Dodoma region. In 1973, plans were made to move the capital to Dodoma...

, making Dodoma the country's political capital. Dar es Salaam remains the principal commercial city.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to :

General reference

• Pronunciation
  International Phonetic Alphabet
  The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
  
  :
• Common English country name: Tanzania
  Tanzania
  The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
  
  
• Official English country name: The United Republic of Tanzania
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Tanzanian
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Tanzania
• International rankings of Tanzania
  International rankings of Tanzania
  -International rankings:...
  
  
• ISO country codes: TZ, TZA, 834
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TZ
  ISO 3166-2:TZ
  ISO 3166-2:TZ is the entry for Tanzania in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Tanzania, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .tz
  .tz
  .tz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Tanzania.Registrations are at the third level beneath these second-level names:* .co.tz: commercial* .ac.tz: schools granting baccalaureate degrees...
  
  

Geography of Tanzania

• Tanzania is: a country
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere
    Southern Hemisphere
    The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
    
     and Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
    The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
    
    
  • Africa
    Africa
    Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
    
    
    • East Africa
      East Africa
      East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
      
      
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : East Africa Time
    East Africa Time
    East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The zone is three hours ahead of UTC , which is the same as Arabia Standard Time, and also the same as Eastern European Summer Time....
    
     (UTC+03)
  • Extreme points of Tanzania
    • High: Mount Kilimanjaro
      Mount Kilimanjaro
      Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
      
       5892 m (19,331 ft) – highest point in Africa
      Africa
      Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
      
      
    • Low: Indian Ocean
      Indian Ocean
      The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
      
       0 m
  • Land boundaries: 3,861 km

 Kenya 769 km

 Mozambique 756 km

 Malawi 475 km

 Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km

 Burundi 451 km

 Uganda 396 km

 Zambia 338 km

 Rwanda 217 km

• Coastline: Indian Ocean
  Indian Ocean
  The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
  
   1,424 km
• Population of Tanzania: 40,454,000 - 30th most populous country
• Area of Tanzania: 945,203 km²
• Atlas of Tanzania

Environment of Tanzania

• Climate of Tanzania
• Environmental issues in Tanzania
• Ecoregions in Tanzania
• Renewable energy in Tanzania
• Geology of Tanzania
• Protected areas of Tanzania
  • Biosphere reserves in Tanzania
  • National parks of Tanzania
• Wildlife of Tanzania
  Wildlife of Tanzania
  The wildlife of Tanzania refers to the flora and fauna of Tanzania. Tanzania contains some 20 percent of the species of Africa’s large mammal population, found across its 14 national parks, reserves, conservation areas and marine parks, spread over an area of more than and forming more than...
  
  
  • Flora of Tanzania
  • Fauna of Tanzania
    • Birds of Tanzania
    • Mammals of Tanzania

Natural geographic features of Tanzania

• Glaciers of Tanzania (All located on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
  Mount Kilimanjaro
  Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
  
  )
• Islands of Tanzania
• Lakes of Tanzania
• Mountains of Tanzania
  • Kipengere Range
  • Loleza Mountain
    Loleza Mountain
    Loleza Mountain is a mountain of Tanzania. It is located in the Mbeya Region, behind the city of Mbeya.-References:*...
    
    
  • Mount Kilimanjaro
    Mount Kilimanjaro
    Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
    
    
  • Mount Meru
    Mount Meru (Tanzania)
    Mount Meru is an active stratovolcano located west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the nation of Tanzania. At a height of , it is visible from Mt Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the tenth highest mountain in Africa. Much of its bulk was lost about 8,000 years ago due to an eastward volcanic blast,...
    
    
  • Nguru Mountains
    Nguru Mountains
    The Nguru Mountains are a mountain range in Morogoro District, Tanzania, Africa. The mountains are predominantly covered with rainforest, are abundant with 83 species of bird life , and are the home of African violets...
    
    
  • Ol Doinyo Lengai
    Ol Doinyo Lengai
    Ol Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano located in the north of Tanzania and is part of the volcanic system of the Great Rift Valley in Eastern Africa. It is located in the eastern Rift Valley, south of both Lake Natron and Kenya. It is unique among active volcanoes in that it produces...
    
    
  • Pare Mountains
    Pare Mountains
    The Pare Mountains are a mountain range in north eastern Tanzania, north west of the Usambara Mountains. There are two mountain ranges - North and South Pare ranges, which rise to 2,463 m at Shengena Peak. They form part of the Eastern Arc of mountains. The Pare people live in the area.The Pare...
    
    
  • Poroto Mountains
    Poroto Mountains
    The Poroto Mountains are a mountain range in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. They are located east of the city of Mbeya.-References:...
    
    
  • Udzungwa Mountains
    Udzungwa Mountains
    The Udzungwa Mountains are a mountain range south east of Dodoma in Tanzania and are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains. They are covered with tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland, steppe and are home to many large mammals, including the Udzungwa Red Colobus and Tana...
    
    
  • Usambara Mountains
    Usambara Mountains
    The Usambara Mountains are a mountain range in North-East Tanzania, approximately long and ranging from 20 to in width. Mountains in the range rise as high as 8,000 ft ....
    
    
  • Volcanoes in Tanzania
• Rivers of Tanzania
  • Waterfalls of Tanzania
• Valleys of Tanzania
• World Heritage Sites in Tanzania

Administrative divisions of Tanzania

• Regions of Tanzania
  Regions of Tanzania
  Tanzania is divided into 26 regions.-See also:* list of Tanzanian regions by area ranks the regions by their total area, land area, and water area.* Districts of Tanzania* ISO 3166-2:TZ-External links:*...
  
  
  • Districts of Tanzania
    Districts of Tanzania
    The regions of Tanzania are divided into 127 districts . The districts are listed below, by region:-Arusha Region:* Arumeru* Arusha* Karatu* Longido* Monduli* Ngorongoro-Dodoma:* Dodoma Rural* Dodoma Urban* Kondoa* Kongwa* Mpwapwa...
    
    

Provinces of Tanzania

• Arusha
  Arusha Region
  Arusha is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital and largest city is Arusha. Other towns include Monduli, just west of Arusha, Longido and Loliondo to the north, Mto Wa Mbu and Karatu to the west and Usa River to the east...
  
   (Arusha
  Arusha
  Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of the Arusha Region, which claims a population of 1,288,088, including 281,608 for the Arusha District . Arusha is surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks...
  
  )
• Dar es Salaam
  Dar es Salaam Region
  Dar es Salaam Region is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam is the wealthiest region in Tanzania. It is also the most densely populated region with 1,786 people per square mile. The region of Dar es Salaam has the population...
  
   (Dar es Salaam
  Dar es Salaam
  Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
  
  )
• Dodoma
  Dodoma Region
  Dodoma is one of the regions of Tanzania. The region covers an area of 41,310 km² and has 1,698,996 inhabitants . The region is the 12th region of Tanzania in area and covers about 5% of the mainland of the country . The capital of the region is the city of Dodoma.The region produces beans, seeds,...
  
   (Dodoma
  Dodoma
  Dodoma , officially Dodoma Urban District, population 324,347 , is the national capital of Tanzania, and the capital of the Dodoma region. In 1973, plans were made to move the capital to Dodoma...
  
  )
• Iringa
  Iringa Region
  Iringa is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Iringa. The total area is , of which land area is 56,864 km sq and water area is 2,070 km² ....
  
   (Iringa
  Iringa
  Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 112,900 . It is situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35.69°E. The name is derived from the Hehe word lilinga, meaning fort....
  
  )
• Kagera
  Kagera Region
  Kagera Region is located in the northwestern corner of Tanzania. Bukoba, Kagera Region's capital, is a fast growing town situated on the shore of Lake Victoria. Bukoba lies only 1 degree south of the Equator and is Tanzania's second largest port on the lake. The region neighbors Uganda, Rwanda and...
  
   (Bukoba
  Bukoba
  Bukoba is a town in northwest Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region. Population estimate: 100,000...
  
  )
• Kigoma
  Kigoma Region
  Kigoma is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Kigoma. It is bordered to the North by the Kagera Region, to the East by the Shinyanga and Tabora Regions, to the South by the Rukwa Region, to the West by Lake Tanganyika which forms a border with the Democratic...
  
   (Kigoma
  Kigoma
  Kigoma is a town and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 135,234 and an elevation of 775 m.The historic trading town of Ujiji is 6 km...
  
  )
• Kilimanjaro
  Kilimanjaro Region
  Kilimanjaro is one of the 26 regions in Tanzania. The capital of the region is Moshi. Kilimanjaro region is home to Mount Kilimanjaro.Kilimanjaro Region is bordered to the North and East by Kenya, to the South by the Tanga Region, to the Southwest by the Manyara Region, and to the West by the...
  
   (Moshi
  Moshi
  Moshi is a Tanzanian town with a population of 144,739 in Kilimanjaro Region. The town is situated on the lower slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain that is the highest mountain in Africa....
  
  )
• Lindi
  Lindi Region
  Lindi is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is also called Lindi.The Lindi region borders on Pwani, Morogoro, Ruvuma, and Mtwara. Much of the western part of the region is in the Selous Game Reserve....
  
   (Lindi
  Lindi
  Lindi is a coastal town located at the far end of the Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one...
  
  )
• Manyara
  Manyara Region
  Manyara is one of the 26 Regions of Tanzania. Babati serves as the Region's capital. In its northern part is Lake Manyara. It is bordered to the north by the Arusha Region, to the northeast by the Kilimanjaro Region, to the east by the Tanga Region, to the south by the Dodoma Region, to the...
  
   (Babati
  Babati
  Babati is a small city and district of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. The administrative capital of the district 'Babati Town' is located also administrative capital of the newly formed Manyara Region, 172 km south of Arusha. The District is the capital of Manyara Region...
  
  )
• Mara
  Mara Region
  Mara is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. The region is named after the Mara River. Musoma serves as the Region's capital.The neighbouring regions are Mwanza and Shinyanga , Arusha and Kagera . To the north east, it borders the Republic of Kenya...
  
   (Musoma
  Musoma
  Musoma is a city located in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region. It has a population of 103,497 . Musoma sits on the eastern edge of Lake Victoria not far from the Kenyan border. There are boats that take you across Lake Victoria from Musoma.- Geography :The town is sited in a...
  
  )
• Mbeya
  Mbeya Region
  Mbeya is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Mbeya. It is bordered to the northwest by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the East by Iringa Region, to the South by Zambia and Malawi and to the West by Rukwa Region...
  
   (Mbeya
  Mbeya
  Mbeya is a city located in southwest Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population was 280,000 in 2005. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region ....
  
  )
• Morogoro
  Morogoro Region
  Morogoro Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Morogoro. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Pwani and Lindi Regions, to the South by the Ruvuma Region and to the West by the Iringa and Dodoma Regions....
  
   (Morogoro
  Morogoro
  Morogoro is a city with an urban population of 206,868 in the southern highlands of Tanzania, 190 km west of Dar es Salaam. It is the capital of the Morogoro Region...
  
  )
• Mtwara
  Mtwara Region
  Mtwara is a southern region of Tanzania which has been underdeveloped for a long time: development is constrained by the lack of highway and energy infrastructures. The Dar es Salaam-Kibiti-Lindi-Mtwara road has been improved by the completion of the Mkapa bridge over the Rufiji River...
  
   (Mtwara)
• Mwanza
  Mwanza Region
  Mwanza Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Mwanza, which is also Tanzania's second city.The neighbouring regions are Kagera to the west, Shinyanga to the south, and Mara to the east...
  
   (Mwanza
  Mwanza
  Mwanza is a mid-sized port city on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania. With an urban population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan population of 2 million, it is Tanzania's second largest city, following Dar es Salaam and ahead of other major Tanzanian cities of Arusha,...
  
  )
• Pemba North
  Pemba North Region
  Pemba North is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Located on Pemba Island, the region's capital is Wete.-See also:* Pemba South Region...
  
   (Wete
  Wete
  Wete is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba and it is the capital of Pemba North region. It lies on the northwest coast. Immediately to the south of it is the small island of Matambwe, site of the ruins of a medieval town....
  
  )
• Pemba South
  Pemba South Region
  Pemba South is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Located on Pemba Island, the region's capital is Mkoani....
  
   (Mkoani
  Mkoani
  Mkoani is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. It is the capital of Pemba South region. Mkoani is the most important harbour on Pemba island, all ferries from Zanzibar or the mainland are plying to Mkoani.There is a hospital in Mkoani....
  
  )
• Pwani
  Pwani Region
  Pwani is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Kibaha serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam and the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Lindi Region and to the West by the Morogoro Region...
  
   (Kibaha
  Kibaha
  Kibaha is a city located in eastern Tanzania. It is the capital of Pwani Region. It is also one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region. The district is bordered to the North by the Bagamoyo District, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam, to the South by the Kisarawe District and to the West by the...
  
  )
• Rukwa
  Rukwa Region
  Rukwa is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Sumbawanga serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the north by Kigoma and Tabora Regions, to the east by Mbeya Region, to the south by Zambia and to the west by Lake Tanganyika which forms a border between the region and the Democratic...
  
   (Sumbawanga
  Sumbawanga
  Sumbawanga is a city located in western Tanzania. It is the capital of Rukwa Region. The regional population is approximately 150,000 based on a 2002 census.Many people living in Sumbawanga are Fipa, called so for the native language also spoken there...
  
  )
• Ruvuma
  Ruvuma Region
  Ruvuma is a region in Tanzania. It is named after the Ruvuma River which forms most of its southern boundary with Mozambique. It is also bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region, to the Northeast by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region and to the Northwest by the Iringa Region. ...
  
   (Songea
  Songea
  Songea is the capital of the Ruvuma Region in southeastern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of approximately 130,000, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907 the city was a centre of African resistance during the Maji...
  
  )
• Shinyanga
  Shinyanga Region
  Shinyanga Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Shinyanga. It is bordered to the north by the Mwanza, Mara, and Kagera Regions, and to the south by the Tabora Region...
  
   (Shinyanga
  Shinyanga
  Shinyanga, also known as Shinyanga mji in the local Swahili language, is a city in northern Tanzania. The city is the location of the regional headquarters of Shinyanga Region as well as the district headquarters of Shinyanga Urban District...
  
  )
• Singida (Singida)
• Tabora
  Tabora Region
  Tabora Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Tabora town. Tabora region is famous for its distinguishable honey and timber activities....
  
   (Tabora
  Tabora
  Tabora is the capital city of Tanzania's Tabora Region with a population of 127,880 . Tabora region is one of the largest geographical regions of Tanzania.- History :...
  
  )
• Tanga
  Tanga Region
  Tanga Region is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. The regional headquarters is in Tanga. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the region has a population of 1,642,015 people....
  
   (Tanga
  Tanga, Tanzania
  Tanga is both the name of the most northerly seaport city of Tanzania, and the surrounding Tanga Region. It is the Regional Headquarters of the region.With a population of 243,580 in 2002, Tanga is one of the largest cities in the country...
  
  )
• Zanzibar Central/South
  Zanzibar Central/South Region
  Zanzibar Central/South is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Located on the island of Zanzibar, Koani serves as the region's capital....
  
   (Koani
  Koani
  Koani is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja . The city serves as capital of the Zanzibar Central/South region....
  
  )
• Zanzibar North
  Zanzibar North Region
  Zanzibar North is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Located on the island of Zanzibar, Mkokotoni serves as the region's capital....
  
   (Mkokotoni
  Mkokotoni
  Mkokotoni is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Unguja . The city serves as capital of the Zanzibar North region....
  
  )
• Zanzibar Urban/West
  Zanzibar Urban/West Region
  Zanzibar Urban/West is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Located on the island of Unguja, Zanzibar Town serves as the region's capital. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Zanzibar Urban/West Region was 391,002.-Districts:...
  
   (Zanzibar
  Zanzibar
  Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
  
  )

Districts of Tanzania

• Arumeru
  Arumeru
  Arumeru is one of the five districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and west by the Monduli District, to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Arusha District and the Monduli District....
  
  
• Arusha
  Arusha District
  Arusha is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania, and it contains the regional capitol of Arusha. It is bordered on the south by the Monduli District and to the north, east, and west by the Arumeru District....
  
  
• Karatu
  Karatu
  Karatu is one of the five districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered by the Ngorongoro District to the north, the Shinyanga Region to the west, the Monduli District to the east, and the Manyara Region to the south and southeast....
  
  
• Monduli
  Monduli
  Monduli is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. These include, Monduli, Ngorongoro, Karatu, Arumeru, and Arusha. It is located in the northeastern section of the country. It is bordered to the north by Kenya, to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region and Arumeru District, to the...
  
  
• Ngorongoro
  Ngorongoro District
  Ngorongoro District is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kenya, to the east by the Monduli District, to the south by the Karatu District and to the west by the Mara Region....
  
  
• Ilala
  Ilala
  Ilala District is one of three districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the others being Temeke to the South and Kinondoni to the North. The 2002 National Tanzania Census states the population for Ilala as 634,924. The area is 273 km²...
  
  
• Kinondoni
  Kinondoni
  Kinondoni District is the northernmost of three districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the others being Temeke and Ilala . To the east is the Indian Ocean, to the north and west the Pwani Region of Tanzania. The 2002 Tanzanian National Census showed that the population of Kinondoni was 1,083,913...
  
  
• Temeke
  Temeke
  Temeke District is the southernmost of three districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with Kinondoni located to the far North of the city, and Ilala being located in the downtown of Dar es Salaam. To the East is the Indian Ocean and to the South and West is the Coastal region of Tanzania. The 2002...
  
  
• Dodoma Rural
  Dodoma Rural
  Dodoma Rural is one of the 5 districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kondoa District, to the East by the Kongwa District, to the South by the Dodoma Urban District and to the West by the Singida Region....
  
  
• Dodoma Urban
  Dodoma Urban
  Dodoma Urban is one of the 5 districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Dodoma Rural district, to the East by the Mpwapwa District, to the South by the Iringa Region and to the West by the Singida Region....
  
  
• Kondoa
  Kondoa district
  Kondoa is one of the five districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the south by the Dodoma Rural district, and to the southeast by the Kongwa district....
  
  
• Kongwa
  Kongwa
  Kongwa is one of the 5 districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Manyara Region, to the East by the Morogoro Region, to the South by the Mpwapwa District and to the West by the Dodoma Rural District....
  
  
• Mpwapwa
  Mpwapwa
  Mpwapwa is a market town, in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania.-Overview:It is one of the oldest colonial districts in Tanzania, boasting local German colonial government headquarters, or bomas, in the early 1890s, and British administrative offices after World War I...
  
  
• Iringa Rural
  Iringa Rural
  Iringa Rural is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Dodoma Region, to the East by the Kilolo and encircles Iringa Urban District, to the South by the Mufindi District, to the Southwest by the Mbeya Region and to the Northwest by the Singida...
  
  
• Iringa Urban
  Iringa Urban
  Iringa Municipality is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Iringa Rural District, to the East by the Iringa Rural District, to the South by the Kilolo District, and to the West by the Iringa Rural District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Kilolo
  Kilolo
  Kilolo is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North and East by the Morogoro Region, to the South by the Mufindi District and to the West by the Iringa Rural District....
  
  
• Ludewa
  Ludewa
  Ludewa is one of 7 districts in the Iringa Region in Tanzania. It is also the name of the capital city of the district which goes by the same name. A hospital is located in the city...
  
  
• Makete
  Makete
  Makete is one of the 7 districts of Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North and West by the Mbeya Region, to the East by the Njombe District and to the South by the Ludewa District. It is divided into six divisions and 17 wards. Makete District was founded in 1979 with the policy of...
  
  
• Mufindi
  Mufindi
  Mufindi is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kilolo and Iringa Urban Districts, to the South by the Njombe District, to the East by the Morogoro Region and to the West by the Singida Region....
  
  
• Njombe
  Njombe
  Njombe is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mufindi District, to the South by the Ludewa District, to the East by the Morogoro and Ruvuma Regions, to the West by the Makete District and to the Northwest by the Mbeya Region.According to the...
  
  
• Biharamulo
  Biharamulo
  Biharamulo is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Muleba District, to the south by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by Lake Victoria and the Mwanza Region, to the west by the Ngara District, and to the southwest by the Kigoma...
  
  
• Bukoba Rural
• Bukoba Urban
• Chato
• Karagwe
  Karagwe
  Karagwe is one of the 6 districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Uganda, to the East by the Bukoba Rural District, to the Southeast by the Muleba District, to the South by the Ngara District and to the West by Rwanda, which is divided by the River Kagera.According...
  
  
• Misenyi
• Muleba
  Muleba
  Muleba is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Bukoba Urban and Bukoba Rural Districts, to the south by the Biharamulo District, to the east by Lake Victoria and to the west by the Ngara and Karagwe Districts.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Ngara
  Ngara
  Ngara is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Karagwe District, to the east by the Biharamulo District, to the south by the Kigoma Region, to the northeast by the Muleba District and to the west by Rwanda and Burundi.According to the 2002...
  
  
• Kasulu
  Kasulu
  Kasulu is one of the 4 districts of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Burundi, to the East by the Kibondo District and to the South by the Kigoma Rural and Kigoma Urban Districts....
  
  
• Kibondo
  Kibondo
  Kibondo is one of the 4 districts of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kagera Region, to the East by the Shinyanga and Tabora Regions, to the South by the Kigoma Urban District, to the West by the Kasulu District and to the Northwest by Burundi.According to the 2002...
  
  
• Kigoma Rural
• Kigoma Urban
• Hai
  Hai District
  Hai is one of the six districts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the south and west by the Arusha Region, to the north by Kenya, and to the east by the Moshi Rural and Rombo Districts....
  
  
• Moshi Rural
  Moshi Rural
  Moshi Rural is one of the six districts in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Rombo District, to the west by the Hai District, to the east by the Mwanga District and Kenya and to the south by the Manyara Region....
  
  
• Moshi Urban
  Moshi Urban
  Moshi Urban is one of the six districts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The regional capital of Moshi is located in the Moshi Urban District...
  
  
• Mwanga
  Mwanga
  Mwanga may refer to:* Mwanga I of Buganda* Mwanga II of Buganda, the last monarch of an independent Buganda* Danny Mwanga, a Major League Soccer striker* Mwanga District, a district of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania...
  
  
• Rombo
  Rombo
  Rombo is one of the six districts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and east by Kenya, to the west by the Hai District and to the south by the Moshi Rural District....
  
  
• Same
  Same District
  Same is one of the six districts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Mwanga District, to the northeast by Kenya, to the south and southeast by the Tanga Region, and to the west by the Manyara Region....
  
  
• Kilwa
• Lindi Rural
  Lindi Rural
  Lindi Rural is one of the six districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Mtwara Region, to the West by the Nachingwea District, and to the East by the Indian Ocean and the Lindi Urban District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Lindi Urban
  Lindi Urban
  Lindi Urban is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by the Indian Ocean and surrounded to the North, West, and South by the Lindi Rural District...
  
  
• Liwale
  Liwale
  Liwale is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Pwani Region, to the East by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Ruangwa District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
  
  
• Nachingwea
  Nachingwea
  Nachingwea is one of the 6 districts in the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Ruangwa District, to the East by the Lindi Rural District, to the Southeast by the Mtwara Region and to the Southwest by the Ruvuma Region....
  
  
• Ruangwa
  Ruangwa
  Ruangwa is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Liwale District, to the South by the Nachingwea District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
  
  
• Babati
  Babati
  Babati is a small city and district of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. The administrative capital of the district 'Babati Town' is located also administrative capital of the newly formed Manyara Region, 172 km south of Arusha. The District is the capital of Manyara Region...
  
  
• Hanang
  Hanang
  Hanang is one of the five districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbulu and Babati Districts, to the Southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the Southwest by the Singida Region....
  
  
• Kiteto
  Kiteto
  Kiteto is one of the 5 districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Simanjiro District, to the east by the Tanga Region and to the south and west by the Dodoma Region....
  
  
• Mbulu
  Mbulu
  Mbulu is one of the 5 districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Arusha Region and Lake Eyasi, to the East by the Babati Region, to the South by the Hanang District and to the West by the Singida Region....
  
  
• Simanjiro
  Simanjiro
  Simanjiro is one of the 5 districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Arusha Region, to the north east by Kilimanjaro Region, to the south east by Tanga Region, to the south by Kiteto District, to the south west by Dodoma Region and to the west by Babati...
  
  
• Bunda
  Bunda
  Bunda may refer to:* Bunda , a sheepskin cape from Hungary and Romania* Bunda District, Tanzania* Robert Bunda* Xi Aquarii, a star of Aquarius* Bunda, a slang term for the buttocks...
  
  
• Musoma Rural
  Musoma Rural
  Musoma Rural is one of the six districts of the Mara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tarime and Musoma Urban Districts, to the East by the Serengeti District, to the South by the Bunda District and to the West by Lake Victoria....
  
  
• Musoma Urban
  Musoma Urban
  Musoma Urban is one of the five districts of the Mara Region of Tanzania. The district seat and regional capitol is Musoma. The district is bordered by the Tarime District to the North, Lake Victoria to the West, and the Musoma Rural District to the South and East.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Serengeti
  Serengeti
  The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa. It is located in north Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya between latitudes 1 and 3 S and longitudes 34 and 36 E. It spans some ....
  
  
• Tarime
• Rorya
  Rorya
  Rorya is a district in Mara Region, United Republic of Tanzania. The capital of Rorya District is Ingri Juu town. It is a newly-created district previously being part of Tarime district. It is bordered by Tarime district to the east, Musoma Rural district to the south, Lake Victoria to the west,...
  
  
• Chunya
  Chunya
  Chunya is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tabora Region, to the Northeast by the Singida Region, to the East by the Mbarali District, to the South by the Mbeya Rural and Mbozi Districts, and to the West by the Rukwa Region.According to the...
  
  
• Ileje
  Ileje
  Ileje is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Urban and Rungwe Districts, to the East by the Kyela District, to the Northwest by the Mbozi District and to the South by Zambia and Malawi....
  
  
• Kyela
  Kyela
  Kyela is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Rungwe District, to the Northeast by the Iringa Region, to the Southeast by Lake Nyasa, to the South by Malawi and to the West by the Ileje District....
  
  
• Mbarali
  Mbarali
  Mbarali is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North and East by the Iringa Region, to the South by the Mbeya Rural District and to the West by the Chunya District....
  
  
• Mbeya Rural
  Mbeya Rural
  Mbeya Rural is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbarali and Chunya Districts, to the South by the Mbeya Urban and Rungwe Districts, to the East by the Iringa Region and to the West by the Mbozi District....
  
  
• Mbeya Urban
  Mbeya Urban
  Mbeya Urban is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania and comprises the area of Mbeya town. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Rural District, to the East by the Rungwe District, to the South by the Ileje District and to the West by the Mbozi District.According to the 2002...
  
  
• Mbozi
  Mbozi
  Mbozi is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Chunya District, to the East by the Mbeya Urban and Ileje Districts, to the South by Zambia and to the West by the Rukwa Region....
  
  
• Rungwe
  Rungwe
  Rungwe is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Rural District, to the East by the Iringa Region, to the Southeast by the Kyela District, to the Southwest by the Ileje District and to the West by the Mbeya Urban District.According to the...
  
  
• Kilombero
  Kilombero
  Kilombero is the name of a river and a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania.The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero river in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west...
  
  
• Kilosa
  Kilosa
  Kilosa is one of the 6 districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Mvomero District, to the South by the Kilombero District and to the West and Southwest by the Iringa Region....
  
  
• Morogoro Rural
  Morogoro Rural
  Morogoro Rural is one of the 6 districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by the Pwani Region, to the South by the Morogoro Urban District and to the West by the Mvomero District....
  
  
• Morogoro Urban
  Morogoro Urban
  Morogoro Urban is one of the 6 districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Morogoro Rural District, to the East by the Pwani Region, to the South by the Kilombero District and to the West by the Kilosa District....
  
  
• Mvomero
  Mvomero
  Mvomero is one of the 6 districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Pwani Region, to the Southeast by the Morogoro Rural District and to the West by the Kilosa District....
  
  
• Ulanga
  Ulanga
  Ulanga is the name of a river and one of the 6 districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North and West by the Kilombero District, to the East by the Lindi Region and to the South by the Ruvuma Region....
  
  
• Lulindi
• Masasi
  Masasi
  Masasi is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Newala District, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Ruvuma Region....
  
  
• Mtwara Rural
  Mtwara Rural
  Mtwara Rural is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the South by Mozambique, to the West by the Tandahimba District, to the North by the Lindi Region and to the East by the Mtwara Urban District and the Indian Ocean....
  
  
• Mtwara Urban
  Mtwara Urban
  Mtwara Urban is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Indian Ocean and to the South and West by the Mtwara Rural Region....
  
  
• Nanyumbu
• Newala
  Newala
  Newala is one of the five districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Masasi District, to the east by the Tandahimba District, to the south by Mozambique, and to the north by the Tandahimba and Masasi Districts....
  
  
• Tandahimba
  Tandahimba
  Tandahimba is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by the Mtwara Rural District, to the South by Mozambique, to the West by the Newala District, and to the North by the Lindi Region....
  
  
• Geita
  Geita
  Geita is a town in Tanzania of approximately 40,000 people, located 90 kilometers west of Mwanza. Geita first came into prominence as the site of a German colonial gold mine. A German gold prospector discovered the mineral in the early 1900s in the hills surrounding modern-day Geita town...
  
  
• Ilemela
  Ilemela
  Ilemela District is one of the 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Nyamagana District, to the South and East by the Misungwi District and to the West by Lake Victoria....
  
  
• Kwimba
  Kwimba
  Kwimba District is one of 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the West by the Misungwi District and to the North by the Magu District. Kwimba's population is 316,180 . The district seat is at Ngudu....
  
  
• Magu
  Magu (II)
  Magu District is one of the 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania.It is bordered to the North by Lake Victoria, to the South by the Kwimba District, Misungwi District and the Shinyanga Region, to the East by the Shinyanga Region, and to the West by the city of Mwanza .According to the 2002...
  
  
• Misungwi
  Misungwi
  Misungwi District, Tanzania is located in the Mwanza Region on the shores of Lake Victoria. According to the 2002 Tanzanian National Census, the population is 256,133 with 20,604 of those residents living in an urban area . Misungwi is often spelled with an extra 's' to make it Missungwi...
  
  
• Nyamagana
  Nyamagana
  Nyamagana District is one of the eight districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania.It comprises the Northern half of the city of Mwanza. It is bordered to the North and West by Lake Victoria, to the South by the Ilemela District and to the East by the Magu District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Sengerema
  Sengerema
  Sengerema District is one of eight districts in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and east by Lake Victoria, to the south by the Geita District and to the southeast by the Misungwi District....
  
  
• Ukerewe
  Ukerewe
  Ukerewe is one of the 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is located on Ukerewe Island and the largest settlement is Nansio. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Ukerewe District was 261,944....
  
  
• Wete Pemba
• Micheweni Pemba
• Chakechake
• Mkoani
  Mkoani
  Mkoani is a city located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. It is the capital of Pemba South region. Mkoani is the most important harbour on Pemba island, all ferries from Zanzibar or the mainland are plying to Mkoani.There is a hospital in Mkoani....
  
  
• Bagamoyo
  Bagamoyo
  The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century. It was the original capital of German East Africa and was one of the most important trading ports along the East African coast...
  
  
• Kibaha
  Kibaha
  Kibaha is a city located in eastern Tanzania. It is the capital of Pwani Region. It is also one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region. The district is bordered to the North by the Bagamoyo District, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam, to the South by the Kisarawe District and to the West by the...
  
  
• Kisarawe
  Kisarawe
  Kisarawe is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kibaha District, to the East by the Mkuranga District, to the South by the Rufiji District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
  
  
• Mafia
  Mafia Island
  Mafia Island is part of the Tanzanian Spice Islands, together with Unguja and Pemba. As one of the six districts of the Pwani Region, Mafia Island is governed from the mainland, not from the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, of which it has never been considered to be a part.According to the...
  
  
• Mkuranga
  Mkuranga
  Mkuranga is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Dar-es-Salaam, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Rufiji District, and to the East by the Kisarawe District....
  
  
• Rufiji
  Rufiji District
  Rufiji is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kisarawe and Mkuranga Districts, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Lindi Region and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
  
  
• Mpanda
  Mpanda
  Mpanda is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Kigoma Region, to the Northeast by the Tabora Region, to the East by the Mbeya Region, to the Southeast by the Sumbawanga Urban District, to the Southwest by the Nkansi District and to the West...
  
  
• Nkasi
• Sumbawanga Rural
  Sumbawanga Rural
  Sumbawanga Rural is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northeast by the Sumbawanga Urban District, to the South by Zambia and to the Northwest by the Nkansi District....
  
  
• Sumbawanga Urban
  Sumbawanga Urban
  Sumbawanga Urban is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Lake Rukwa, to the East by the Mbeya Region, to the South by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the west by the Nkansi District...
  
  
• Mbinga
  Mbinga
  Mbinga is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Iringa Region, to the East by the Songea Rural and Songea Urban Districts, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by Lake Nyasa....
  
  
• Songea Rural
  Songea Rural
  Songea Rural is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region, to the East by the Namtumbo District, to the South by the Songea Urban District, to the West by the Mbinga District and to the Northwest by the Iringa Region.According to the...
  
  
• Songea Urban
  Songea Urban
  Songea Urban is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Songea Rural District, to the East by the Namtumbo District, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Mbinga District....
  
  
• Tunduru
  Tunduru
  Tunduru is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Namtumbo District....
  
  
• Bariadi
  Bariadi
  Bariadi District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania.According to the 2002 National Census of Tanzania, the population was 605,509.The Dutwa Ward contains one of the world's largest nickel deposits.- Wards :...
  
  
• Bukombe
  Bukombe
  Bukombe District is one the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by the Kahama District, to the North by the Kagera Region, to the West by the Kigoma Region and to the South by the Tabora Region....
  
  
• Kahama
  Kahama
  The Kahama district is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Bukombe District, to the south by the Tabora Region, to the north by the Mwanza Region, and to the east by the Shinyanga Rural and Shinyanga Urban Districts.According to the...
  
  
• Kishapu
  Kishapu
  Kishapu District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Maswa District, to the south by the Tabora Region, to the east by the Meatu District and to the west by the Shinyanga Rural and Urban Districts.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Maswa
  Maswa
  Maswa District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Bariadi District, to the east by the Meatu District, to the south by the Kishapu District and to the west by the Mwanza Region....
  
  
• Meatu
  Meatu
  Meatu District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Bariadi District, to the west by the Maswa and Kishapu Districts, to the east by the Arusha Region, to the southeast by the Manyara Region and to the south by the Singida...
  
  
• Shinyanga Rural
  Shinyanga Rural
  Shinyanga Rural District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Urban District, to the east by the Kishapu District, to the south by the Tabora Region, and to the west by the Kahama District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Shinyanga Urban
  Shinyanga Urban
  Shinyanga Urban District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania and includes the city of Shinyanga. It is bordered to the north by the Mwanza Region, to the south by the Shinyanga Rural District, to the east by the Kishapu District, and to the west by the Kahama...
  
  
• Iramba
  Iramba
  Iramba is one of the four districts of the Singida Region of central Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Shinyanga Region, to the Northeast by the Manyara Region, to the South by the Singida Rural and Singida Urban Districts and to the West by the Tabora Region.According to the 2002...
  
  
• Manyoni
  Manyoni
  Manyoni is one of the 4 districts in the Singida Region of Tanzania. The district capital is Manyoni. The district is bordered to the North by the Singida Rural and Singida Urban Districts, to the East by the Dodoma Region, to the South by the Iringa Region, to the Southwest by the Mbeya Region...
  
  
• Singida Rural
  Singida Rural
  Singida Rural is one of the 4 districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Iramba District, to the East by the Singida Urban District, to the South by the Manyoni District and to the West by the Tabora Region....
  
  
• Singida Urban
  Singida Urban
  Singida Urban is one of the 4 districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Iramba District, to the Northeast by the Manyara Region, to the South by the Manyoni District and to the West by the Singida Rural District...
  
  
• Igunga
  Igunga
  Igunga is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Singida Region, to the south by the Uyui District and to the west by the Nzega District....
  
  
• Nzega
  Nzega
  Nzega is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and west by the Shinyanga Region, to the south and southwest by the Uyui District and to the east by the Igunga District....
  
  
• Sikonge
  Sikonge
  Sikonge is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Uyui District, to the south by the Mbeya Region, to the west by the Rukwa Region, to the northwest by the Urambo District and to the east by the Singida Region.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
  
  
• Uyui
  Uyui
  Uyui is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Nzega and Igunga Districts as well as the Shinyanga Region, to the south by the Sikonge District, to the west by the Urambo District and to the east by the Singida Region...
  
  
• Tabora Urban
  Tabora Urban
  Tabora Urban is one of the six districts in the Tabora Region of Tanzania. This district is mostly the city of Tabora and its suburbs. It is bordered completely by the Uyui District as it is an enclave....
  
  
• Urambo
  Urambo
  Urambo is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Uyui District, to the southeast by the Sikonge District, to the southwest by the Rukwa Region, and to the west by the Kigoma Region.According to the 2002...
  
  
• Handeni
  Handeni
  Handeni is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Kilindi District, to the north by the Korogwe District, to the east by the Pangani District, and to the south by the Pwani Region...
  
  
• Kilindi
  Kilindi
  Kilindi is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the east by the Handeni District, to the north and west by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Morogoro Region...
  
  
• Korogwe
  Korogwe
  Korogwe is a town in Tanzania, with a population of 44,000 in 2002. It is the main centre of Korogwe District, which is within the Tanga Region.- Overview :The town is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Tanga, has a cathedral church, dedicated to St...
  
  
• Lushoto
  Lushoto
  Lushoto is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Korogwe District.During the German colonial period from the 1890s to 1918 the area was...
  
  
• Muheza
  Muheza
  Muheza is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kenya, to the east by the Tanga and the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Pangani District, and to the west by the Lushoto and Korogwe Districts....
  
  
• Nkinga
  Nkinga
  Nkinga is a village and ward in Igunga district in Tabora Region in Tanzania. A Swedish Pentecostal missionary, Pastor Johnsson, and his wife came to spread Christianity in Nyawa Kingdom in the mid-1930s...
  
  
• Pangani
  Pangani
  Pangani is one of the eight districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Muheza District, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Pwani Region and to the West by the Handeni District.The center is Pangani....
  
  
• Tanga
  Tanga, Tanzania
  Tanga is both the name of the most northerly seaport city of Tanzania, and the surrounding Tanga Region. It is the Regional Headquarters of the region.With a population of 243,580 in 2002, Tanga is one of the largest cities in the country...
  
  
• Zanzibar Central
• Zanzibar South
• Zanzibar North "A"
• Zanzibar North "B"
• Zanzibar Urban
  Stone Town
  Stone Town also known as Mji Mkongwe is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania, as opposed to Ng'ambo . It is located on the western coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago...
  
  
• Zanzibar West
  Zanzibar West
  Zanzibar West is one of the 2 districts of the Zanzibar Urban/West Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Zanzibar North Region, to the East by the Zanzibar Central/South Region and to the West by the Zanzibar Urban District....
  
  

Government and politics of Tanzania

Main article: Government of Tanzania and Politics of Tanzania

Politics of Tanzania

Politics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic, whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
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• Capital of Tanzania: Dodoma

• Elections in Tanzania
  Elections in Tanzania
  Elections in Tanzania gives information on election and election results in Tanzania.Tanzania elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Tanzania
• Political scandals of Tanzania
• Taxation in Tanzania
  Taxation in Tanzania
  In Tanzania the Income Tax Act, 2004 came into effect in July 2004. This act restructured the income tax system in line with modern requirements and repealed the previous Income Tax Act, 1973. Tax is levied on income from employment, income from business and income from investment. Taxable...
  
  

Branches of the government of Tanzania

Executive branch of the government of Tanzania

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Tanzania
  President of Tanzania
  The President of the United Republic of Tanzania is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Tanzania and is the commander-in-chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force....
  
  ,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Tanzania,
• Cabinet of Tanzania
  Cabinet of Tanzania
  The Cabinet of Tanzania is made up of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, President of Zanzibar and all the Ministers.- Current Cabinet:The current cabinet Ministers were sworn in on 27 November 2010.-External links:*...
  
  

Legislative branch of the government of Tanzania

• Parliament of Tanzania (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Senate of Tanzania
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : House of Commons of Tanzania

Judicial branch of the government of Tanzania

• Supreme Court of Tanzania

Foreign relations of Tanzania

• Diplomatic missions in Tanzania
• Diplomatic missions of Tanzania
  Diplomatic missions of Tanzania
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Tanzania, excluding honorary consulates.- Europe :** Brussels ** Paris ** Berlin ** Rome ** Moscow ** Stockholm ** London - Africa :...
  
  

International organization membership

The United Republic of Tanzania is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union
  African Union
  The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
  
   (AU)
• African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
  
  
• East African Community
  East African Community
  The East African Community is an intergovernmental organisation comprising the five east African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of the Republic of Burundi, is the current Chairman of the East African Community. The EAC was originally...
  
   (EAC)
• East African Development Bank
  East African Development Bank
  East African Development Bank is a development finance institution with the objective of promoting development in East Africa.-Overview:...
  
   (EADB)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• Group of Six (G6)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce
  International Chamber of Commerce
  The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
  
   (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court
  International Criminal Court
  The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
  
   (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM)

• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation
  International Trade Union Confederation
  The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
  
   (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Southern African Development Community
  Southern African Development Community
  The Southern African Development Community is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states...
  
   (SADC)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
  
   (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, restore international peace and security,...
  
   (UNIFIL)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
  United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
  The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire is a peacekeeping mission whose objective is "to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003"...
  
   (UNOCI)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Tanzania

• Capital punishment in Tanzania
• Constitution of Tanzania
  Constitution of Tanzania
  The Constitution of Tanzania, formally Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania and also known as Permanent Constitution or Fourth Constitution of Tanzania, was ratified in 1977...
  
  
• Crime in Tanzania
• Human rights in Tanzania
  • LGBT rights in Tanzania
    LGBT rights in Tanzania
    Homosexuality in Tanzania is socially a taboo topic and same-sex sexual acts are punished by the state.According to the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project, an overwhelming majority of 95% of Tanzanian residents said that homosexuality should be rejected by society, making it among the highest...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Tanzania
• Law enforcement in Tanzania

Military of Tanzania

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Tanzania
• Forces
  • Army of Tanzania
  • Navy of Tanzania
  • Air Force of Tanzania
  • Special forces of Tanzania
• Military history of Tanzania
• Military ranks of Tanzania

History of Tanzania

Main article: History of Tanzania

History of Tanzania

The East African nation of Tanzania dates formally only from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coastal archipelago of Zanzibar. The former was a colony and part of German East Africa from the 1880s to 1919, when, under the League...

, Timeline of the history of Tanzania, and Current events of Tanzania

• Economic history of Tanzania
• Military history of Tanzania

Culture of Tanzania

• Architecture of Tanzania
• Cuisine of Tanzania
• Ethnic minorities in Tanzania
• Festivals in Tanzania
• Humor in Tanzania
• Languages of Tanzania
  Languages of Tanzania
  There are many languages spoken in Tanzania, but no one language is spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. Government policies encourage the use of Swahili as the main common lingua franca, while English is the most important foreign language.Other...
  
  
• Media in Tanzania
• National symbols of Tanzania
  • Coat of arms of Tanzania
    Coat of arms of Tanzania
    The coat of arms of Tanzania comprises a warrior’s shield which bears a golden portion on the upper part followed underneath by the flag of Tanzania....
    
    
  • Flag of Tanzania
    Flag of Tanzania
    The flag of Tanzania was adopted on 30 June 1964. It was a merger of the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.The flag is divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue...
    
    
  • National anthem of Tanzania
• People of Tanzania
• Prostitution in Tanzania
  Prostitution in Tanzania
  Prostitution in Tanzania is illegal under Tanzanian law, however it is still widespread. Many women are forced into prostitution due to some poverty and the disintegration of the family unit. trafficking and prostitution are a major problem in Tanzania, sex tourism in particularly prevalent in...
  
  
• Public holidays in Tanzania
  Public holidays in Tanzania
  This is a list of public holidays in Tanzania-References:*...
  
  
• Records of Tanzania
• Religion in Tanzania
  Religion in Tanzania
  Current statistics on religion in Tanzania are unavailable because religious surveys were eliminated from government census reports after 1967...
  
  
  • Buddhism in Tanzania
  • Christianity in Tanzania
    Christianity in Tanzania
    The study of the United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor for 2009 suggests that 62% of the population of Tanzania is Christian, 35% is Muslim, and 3% are members of other religious groups....
    
    
  • Hinduism in Tanzania
    Hinduism in Tanzania
    Hinduism is a minority religion in Tanzania, practiced by some 30,000 people in the mainland and Zanzibar combined. Most practitioners are of Indo-Tanzanian ancestry. Swaminarayan temples have been built in Dar-es-Salaam, Arusha and Moshi.-External links:*...
    
    
  • Islam in Tanzania
    Islam in Tanzania
    Islam is, as of 2007, the religion in Tanzania with 35% of the population of the mainland and more than 99% of the population in Zanzibar being Muslim.-History:...
    
    
  • Judaism in Tanzania
  • Sikhism in Tanzania
• World Heritage Sites in Tanzania

Art in Tanzania

• Art in Tanzania
• Cinema of Tanzania
• Literature of Tanzania
• Music of Tanzania
  Music of Tanzania
  The music of Tanzania stretches from traditional African music to the string-based taarab to a distinctive hip hop known as bongo flava.-National anthem:...
  
  
• Television in Tanzania
• Theatre in Tanzania

Sports in Tanzania

• Football in Tanzania
  Football in Tanzania
  The sport of football in the country of Tanzania is run by the Tanzania Football Federation. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League....
  
  
• Tanzania at the Olympics
  Tanzania at the Olympics
  Tanzania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Games...
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Tanzania

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 99th (ninety-ninth)

• Agriculture in Tanzania
• Banking in Tanzania
  • National Bank of Tanzania
• Communications in Tanzania
  Communications in Tanzania
  Communications in Tanzania have in the past often been very unreliable. The mobile telephone services are usually available only in urban areas, although there are currently efforts to provide nationwide mobile phone coverage...
  
  
  • Internet in Tanzania
• Companies of Tanzania
• Currency of Tanzania
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Shilling
  Tanzanian shilling
  The shilingi is the currency of Tanzania, although widespread use of U.S. dollars is accepted. It is subdivided into 100 senti .The Tanzanian shilling replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par....
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : TZS
• Economic history of Tanzania
• Energy in Tanzania
  • Energy policy of Tanzania
  • Oil industry in Tanzania
• Health care in Tanzania
• Mining in Tanzania
• Tanzania Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Tanzania
  Tourism in Tanzania
  The Tanzanian tourist industry is less well developed than the tourist industry in some African countries. This is partly a result of past government policies. The Tanzanian state had a major shareholding in the tourist industry, and foreign companies were reluctant to invest in the country...
  
  
• Transport in Tanzania
  Transport in Tanzania
  Transport in Tanzania is mainly by road, supplemented by rail. Tanzania's road network, is of limited quality and not many roads are tarmacked. Dirt roads become impassable during the rainy season and can remain impassable for days, or, more often, weeks. The only reliable surface connection from...
  
  
  • Airports in Tanzania
  • Rail transport in Tanzania
    Rail transport in Tanzania
    Rail transport in Tanzania is conducted by two companies:* Tanzania Railways Corporation* TAZARA- Railway links with adjacent countries : Burundi - no - proposed DR Congo - decades ago there was a train ferry between Kigoma and Kalemie, in 2007 there are no ferry links and the DR Congo line to...
    
    
  • Roads in Tanzania
• Water supply and sanitation in Tanzania
  Water supply and sanitation in Tanzania
  Water supply and sanitation in Tanzania is characterised by: decreasing access to improved water sources in the 2000s , steady access to some form of sanitation , intermittent water supply and generally low quality of service...
  
  

See also

• Index of Tanzania-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Tanzania-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
  Outline of Africa
  The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:Africa – world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia.-Geography of Africa:* Atlas of Africa* List of cities in Africa...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

External links

• The United Republic of Tanzania official site
• Tanzania Tourist Board
• Tanzania National Parks
• Tanzania.eu