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Tanzania

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Capital

Dar es Salaam (traditional capital)
Dodoma (location of legislature)

Largest City Dar es Salaam
Official Language Swahili
Government Republic
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Prime Minister Edward Lowassa
Independence from the United Kingdom
Tanganyika December 9, 1961
Zanzibar January 12, 1964
Merger April 26, 1964
Area  
Total 945,087sq km (31st)
364,898 sq m
Water (%) 6.2
Population  
November 2006 estimate 37,849,133 (32nd)
2002 census 34,443,603
Density 41 per sq km (159th)
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
Total $27.12 billion (99th)
Per capita $723 (178th)
Currency Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Time Zone EAT (UTC+3)
Internet TLD .tz
Calling Code +255

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Last update:25.09.2007 ^ top