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TANZANIAUnited Republic of Tanzania

GEOGRAPHY:
• Location:----------------- Eastern Africa
• Area:
     Total area:--- 945,090 sq. km
     Land area:--- 886,040 sq. km
• Capital city:------------- Dar es Salaam
• Natural Resources:---------------- Hydropower potential, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel.
  
  PEOPLE:
• Population:---------------- 41,048,532
• Literacy rate:-------------- 67.8% of total population, (Males:79.4%, Females:56.8%).
• Languages:------------------ Kiswahili (official), English (official).
• Religious:----------------- Mainland: 45%-Christian, 35%-Muslim, 20%-indigenous beliefs. -Zanzibar : 99%-Muslim.
  
  VITAL STATISTICS:
• Birth rate:------------- 40.92 (per 1,000 population)
• Death rate:------------- 19.84 (per 1,000 population)
• Infant Mortality rate:------------ 105.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
• Fertility rate:--------------- 5.58 (per woman)
• Life Expectancy at birth:
     Total population:--- 41.71 (Males:40.34, Females:43.13).
  
  GOVERNMENT:
• Type of Government:-------------- Republic
• Independence:-------------- April 26, 1964; Tanganyika became independent December 9, 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship.
• President:-------------- Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
• Prime Mininster:------------ Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda.
  
  ECONOMY:
• GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $18.9 billion (1995)
     GDP real growth rate:--- 3.5%
     GDP per capita:--- $650
• Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 30% (1995)
• National budget:
     Revenues:--- $495 million
     Expenditures:--- $631 billion
• External Debt:-------------- $7.4 billion
• Currency:--------------- 1 Tanzanian shilling = 100 cents
• Labor force:--------------- 13.495 million (1995)
• Unemployment rate:---------------- NA%
• Agriculture:---------------- Coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashews, tobacco, cloves (Zanzibar), corn, wheat, cassava(tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.
• Industries:--------------- Primarily agricultural processing (sugar beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, sisal.
• Exports:---------------- $679 billion
     Commodities:--- Coffee, cotton, tobacco, tea, cashew nuts, sisal.
• Imports:---------------- $1.69 billion
     Commodities:--- Manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, cotton piece goods, crude oil, foodstuffs.
  
  DEFENCE:
• Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $69 million, NA% of GDP.

Geography:Tanzania is located in east Africa on the Indian Ocean.