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Tanzanie

Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E / -6.307; 34.854

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

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania  (Swahili)
Banner o Tanzanie
Banner
Coat o airms o Tanzanie
Coat o airms
Motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" (Swahili)
"Freedom an Unity"
Anthem: "Mungu ibariki Afrika"
(Scots: "God Bless Africae")
Location o Tanzanie
Location o Tanzanie
CaipitalDodoma (de jure) Dar es Salaam (de facto)
Lairgest ceetyDar es Salaam
Offeecial leidsNone de jure
Naitional leidSwauheely[1]
Ither leidsInglis[1]
Releegion
(2010 estimate)[2]
Demonym(s)Tanzanian
GovrenmentUnitar presidential republic[3][4]
• Preses
Samia Hassan Suluhu
Vacant
Kassim Majaliwa
• Speaker
Job Ndugai
Ibrahim Hamis Juma
LegislaturNaitional 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)Increase 0.531[10]
law · 151st
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (TZS)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Drivin sidecaur
Cawin code+255[note 1]
ISO 3166 codeTZ
Internet TLD.tz
  1. Revised tae $41.33 billion[11]
Territorial Organization

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 eedit

  1. ↑ +007 frae Kenyae an Uganda.

References eedit

  1. ↑ a b "Tanzania". Ethnologue. SIL International.
  2. ↑ [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.
  3. ↑ David Lawrence (2009). Tanzania: The Land, Its People and Contemporary Life. Intercontinental Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-9987-9308-3-8.
  4. ↑ "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 |deadurl= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Population Distribution by Administrative Areas, 2012 Population an Hoosin Census, Naitional Bureau o Stateestics, Unitit Republic o Tanzanie, 2013
  8. ↑ a b c d Tanzania. IMF.org
  9. ↑ "GINI Index". The World Bank. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ a b Central Intelligence Agency (2009). "Tanzania". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 Januar 2010.
  14. ↑ "The Tanzania National Website". Tanzania.go.tz. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2012. Retrieved 1 Mey 2010.
  15. ↑ "The Tanzania National Website: Country Profile". Tanzania.go.tz. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2012. Retrieved 1 Mey 2010.
  16. ↑ "The World Factbook - Tanzania" Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, CIA, 2006
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