Tanzania
Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa. Modern Tanzania combines two areas that formerly were governed separately: Tanganyika on the coast of the African mainland and the island of Zanzibar nearby.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Dar es Salaam
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Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima.
Mount Kilimanjaro
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Mount Kilimanjaro is an inactive stratovolcano in northeast Tanzania, near the border with Kenya.
Dodoma
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Dodoma, officially Dodoma City, is the capital of Tanzania and is the administrative capital of both Dodoma Municipal Council and the entire Dodoma Region, with a population of 765,179.
Destinations
Northeast Tanzania
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Northeast Tanzania stretches from the northern border to Kenya to Dar es Salaam in the south, borders on the Indian Ocean in the east and the west with the area of Kilimanjaro.
Pembwe and the Southeast
Pembwe and the Southeast is the hot humid region of Tanzania including the principal city Dar es Salaam and most of the country's Indian Ocean coastline.Central Tanzania
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Central Tanzania is in the plateau region of Tanzania, with grasslands and national parks in its south, and arable land in the north.
Northwest Tanzania
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Northwest Tanzania is known as Africa's Great Lakes region, because it is home to Tanzania's portion of Lake Victoria in the north and Lake Tanganyika in the west.
Southern Highlands
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The Southern Highlands is a highland region in southwestern Tanzania, at the northern end of Lake Malawi.
Zanzibar
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Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, consisting of Zanzibar Island, Pemba Island, and many smaller islands.
Tanzania
- Type: Country with 41,000,000 residents
- Description: country in East Africa
- Languages: Swahili, English and Arabic
- Neighbors: Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Uganda and Zambia
- Categories: republic, sovereign state and locality
- Location: East Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
-6° or 6° southLongitude of centre
34.6° or 34° 36' eastPopulation
41,000,000Area
945,087 km² (364,900 miles²)Elevation
829 metres (2,720 feet)Capital
DodomaCurrency
Shilling (TZS)Phone code
.tzInternet domain
255OpenStreetMap ID
node 424314335OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
149590Wikidata ID
Q924Tanzania Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tanzanya
- Abkhazian: Еиду Ареспублика Танзаниа
- Abkhazian: Танзаниа
- Achinese: Tanzania
- Adyghe: Танзание
- Afar: Tanzaniya
- Afrikaans: Tanzanië
- Akan: Tanzania
- Albanian: Tanzani
- Albanian: Tanzania
- Amharic: Tanzania
- Amharic: ታንዛኒያ
- Amis: Tanzania
- Angika: तंजानिया
- Arabic: Tanzania
- Arabic: تانزانيا
- Arabic: تنزانيا
- Arabic: جمهورية تنزانيا الاتحادية
- Aragonese: Tanzania
- Armenian: Տանզանիա
- Arpitan: Tanzania
- Arpitan: Tanzanie
- Assamese: ইউনাইটেড ৰিপাব্লিক অৱ টাঞ্জানিয়া
- Assamese: টাঞ্জানিয়া
- Assamese: তাঞ্জানিয়া
- Assamese: সংযুক্ত গণতান্ত্ৰিক টাঞ্জানিয়া
- Asturian: República Xunida de Tanzania
- Asturian: Tanzania
- Avaric: Tanzania
- Aymara: Tansanya
- Azerbaijani: Tanzaniya
- Balinese: Tanzania
- Bambara: Tanzani
- Bambara: Tanzania
- Banjar: Tanzania
- Bashkir: Танзания
- Basque: Tanzania
- Bavarian: Tansania
- Belarusian: Танзанія
- Bengali: তাঞ্জানিয়া
- Bengali: তানজানিয়া
- Bhojpuri: तंजानिया
- Bishnupriya: তাঞ্জানিয়া
- Bislama: Tansania
- Bosnian: Tanzanija
- Breton: Tanzania
- Bulgarian: Танзания
- Burmese: တန်ဇန်နီးယား
- Burmese: တန်ဇန်းနီးယား
- Burmese: တန်ဇန်းနီးယားနိုင်ငံ
- Burmese: တန်ဇေးနီးယားနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: República Unida de Tanzània
- Catalan: Tanzania
- Catalan: Tanzània
- Cebuano: Tansaniya
- Cebuano: Tanzania
- Central Bikol: Tansaniya
- Central Kurdish: تانزانیا
- Chavacano: Tanzania
- Chechen: Танзани
- Cheyenne: Tanzania
- Chinese: Tanzania
- Chinese: Tǎnsāngníyà
- Chinese: 坦尚尼亞
- Chinese: 坦桑尼亚 / 坦尚尼亞
- Chinese: 坦桑尼亚
- Chinese: 坦桑尼亞
- Chuvash: Танзани
- Cornish: Tansania
- Cornish: Tanzania
- Corsican: Tanzana
- Crimean Tatar: Tanzaniya
- Croatian: Tanzanija
- Czech: Tanzanie
- Czech: Tanzánie
- Dagbani: Tanzania
- Danish: Tanzania
- Dhivehi: ޓެންޒޭނިއާ
- Dimli (individual language): Tanzanya
- Dinka: Tandhania
- Dotyali: तान्जानिया
- Dutch: TZ
- Dutch: TZA
- Dutch: Tanzania
- Dzongkha: ཊཱན་ཛཱ་ནི་ཡ
- Eastern Mari: Танзаний
- Egyptian Arabic: تانزانيا
- English: United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
- English: United Republic of Tanzania
- English: tz
- English: tza
- Erzya: Танзания
- Esperanto: TZ
- Esperanto: Tanzanio
- Estonian: Tansaania
- Estonian: Tansaania Ühendvabariik
- Estonian: Tanzania
- Ewe: Tanzania
- Ewe: Tanzania nutome
- Extremaduran: Tanzania
- Extremaduran: Tanzánia
- Farefare: Tanzania
- Faroese: Tansania
- Fiji Hindi: Tanzania
- Finnish: Tansania
- Finnish: Tansanian yhdistynyt tasavalta
- French: République-unie de Tanzanie
- French: République unie de Tanzanie
- French: TZ
- French: Tanzanie
- French: la République unie de Tanzanie
- Fulah: Tansanii
- Fulah: Tansaniya
- Gagauz: Tanzaniya
- Galician: República Unida de Tanzania
- Galician: Tanzania
- Ganda: Tanzania
- Ganda: Tanzaniya
- Georgian: ტანზანია
- German: Tansania
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Tanzania
- Greek: Τανζανία
- Guarani: Tãsaña
- Guarani: Tãsáña
- Guianese Creole French: Tanzani
- Gujarati: ટાન્ઝાનિયા
- Gujarati: તાંઝાનિયા
- Gujarati: તાન્ઝાનિયા
- Haitian: Tanzani
- Hakka Chinese: Tanzania
- Hausa: Tanzania
- Hausa: Tanzaniya
- Hebrew: טאנזניה
- Hebrew: טנזניה
- Hindi: तंज़ानिया
- Hindi: तंजा़निया
- Hindi: तंस़ानिया
- Hungarian: Tanzánia
- Hungarian: Tanzániai Egyesült Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Tansanía
- Ido: Tanzania
- Igbo: Tanzania
- Iloko: Tanzania
- Inari Sami: Tansania
- Inari Sami: Tansania ovtâstum täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Tanzania
- Ingush: Танзани
- Interlingua: Tanzania
- Interlingue: Tanzania
- Irish: An Tansáin
- Irish: an Tansáin
- Italian: Tanzania
- Jamaican Creole English: Tanzania
- Japanese: タンザニア
- Japanese: タンザニア連合共和国
- Javanese: Tansania
- Javanese: Tanzania
- Kabardian: Танзаниэ
- Kabiyè: Tanzani
- Kabyle: Tanzanya
- Kalaallisut: Tanzania
- Kalmyk: Танзанмудин Ниицәтә Орн
- Kalmyk: Танзнмудин Ниицәтә Орн
- Kannada: ಟಾಂಜಾನಿಯ
- Kannada: ಟಾಂಜಾನಿಯಾ
- Kannada: ತಾಂಜೇನಿಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Tanzaniya
- Kashmiri: تَنجانِیا
- Kashmiri: टंजानिया
- Kashubian: Tanzaniô
- Kazakh: Танзания
- Khmer: តង់សានី
- Khmer: តង់ហ្សានី
- Kikuyu: Tanzania
- Kinyarwanda: Tanzaniya
- Kirghiz: Танзания
- Kongo: Tanzania
- Korean: 탄자니아
- Kotava: Tanzania
- Kurdish: Tanzanya
- Ladin: Tansania
- Ladino: Tanzania
- Lao: Tanzania
- Lao: ທານຊາເນຍ
- Latgalian: Tanzaneja
- Latin: Tanzania
- Latvian: Tanzānija
- Lezghian: Танзания
- Ligurian: Tanzania
- Limburgan: Tanzania
- Lingala: Tanzani
- Lingala: Tanzania
- Lingua Franca Nova: Tanzania
- Literary Chinese: 坦桑尼亞
- Lithuanian: Tanzanija
- Livvi: Tanzanii
- Lojban: tanzan
- Lojban: tanzanias
- Lombard: Tanzania
- Low German: Tansania
- Low German: Tanzania
- Lower Sorbian: Tansanija
- Luba-Katanga: Tanzani
- Luxembourgish: Tansania
- Macedonian: Танзанија
- Malagasy: Tanzania
- Malay: Tanzania
- Malayalam: ടാന്സാനിയ
- Malayalam: ടാൻസാനിയ
- Maltese: Repubblika Magħquda tat-Tanzanija
- Maltese: Tanzanija
- Maltese: Tanżanija
- Maltese: it-Tanzanija
- Manipuri: ꯇꯥꯟꯓꯥꯅꯤꯌꯥ
- Manx: Tanzania
- Maori: Tānahia
- Marathi: टांझानिया
- Mazanderani: تانزانیا
- Min Dong Chinese: Tanzania
- Min Nan Chinese: Tanzania
- Minangkabau: Tanzania
- Mingrelian: ტანზანია
- Mirandese: Tanzánia
- Moksha: Танзания
- Mongolian: Танзани
- Mongolian: ꯇꯥꯟꯓꯥꯅꯤꯌꯥ
- Moroccan Arabic: طانزانيا
- Nauru: Tanzania
- Navajo: Beʼekʼid Honeezítsoh Bibąąhgi Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
- Nepali: तन्जानिया
- Nepali: ताञ्जानिया
- Nepali: तान्जनिया
- Nepali: तान्जानिया
- Newari: ताञ्जानिया
- Newari: तान्जानिया
- North Ndebele: Tanzaniya
- Northern Frisian: Tansania
- Northern Sami: Tansania
- Northern Sami: Tansania ovttastuvvan dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Tansánia
- Northern Sami: Tansánia ovttastuvvan dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Tanzania
- Northern Sami: Tanzania ovttastuvvan dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Tanzánia
- Northern Sami: Tanzánia ovttastuvvan dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Tanzania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den forente republikken Tanzania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tanzania
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Tanzania
- Novial: Tanzania
- Nyanja: Tanzania
- Occitan (post 1500): Tanzania
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Tansania
- Oriya: ତାଞ୍ଜାନିଆ
- Oromo: Tanzaaniyaa
- Oromo: Tanzania
- Ossetian: Танзани
- Pali: टंजानिया
- Pampanga: Tanzania
- Panjabi: ਤਨਜ਼ਾਨੀਆ
- Papiamento: Tanzania
- Pedi: Tanzania
- Persian: تانزانیا
- Piemontese: Tanzanìa
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tansaania
- Polish: Tanzania
- Portuguese: Republica Unida da Tanzania
- Portuguese: República Unida da Tanzânia
- Portuguese: Tanzania
- Portuguese: Tanzânia
- Pushto: تانزانيه
- Pushto: تانزانیه
- Pushto: تنزانیا
- Quechua: Tansanya
- Quechua: Tansaña
- Quechua: Tanzania
- Romanian: Tanzania
- Romansh: Tansania
- Rundi: Tanzaniya
- Russia Buriat: Танзани
- Russian: Объединенная Республика Танзания
- Russian: Объединённая Республика Танзания
- Russian: Танзания
- Rusyn: Танзанія
- Sakizaya: Tanzania
- Samoan: Tanzania
- Samogitian: Tanzanėjė
- Sango: Tanzanïi
- Sanskrit: टंजानिया
- Santali: ᱛᱟᱱᱡᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟ
- Sardinian: Tanzània
- Saterfriesisch: Tansania
- Scots: Tanzanie
- Scottish Gaelic: An Tansan
- Scottish Gaelic: Tansainia
- Scottish Gaelic: Tansainìa
- Scottish Gaelic: Tanzania
- Serbian: Tanzanija
- Serbian: Танзанија
- Serbo-Croatian: Tanzanija
- Shan: မိူင်းထၼ်ႇၸၼ်းၼီးယႃး
- Shona: Tanzania
- Sicilian: Tanzania
- Silesian: Tanzańijo
- Sindhi: تنزانيا
- Sinhala: ටැන්සානියාව
- Skolt Sami: Tansania
- Skolt Sami: Tansania õhttõõvvâm tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Tanzánia
- Slovak: Tanzánijská zjednotená republika
- Slovenian: Tanzanija
- Somali: Tansaaniya
- South Azerbaijani: تانزانیا
- Southern Sotho: Tanzania
- Spanish: Republica Unida de Tanzania
- Spanish: República Unida de Tanzania
- Spanish: Tanzania
- Sundanese: Tanzania
- Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
- Swahili: Tanzania
- Swati: IThanzaniya
- Swedish: Förenade republiken Tanzania
- Swedish: Tanzania
- Swiss German: Tansania
- Tagalog: Tanzania
- Tajik: Танзания
- Tamil: தன்சானியா
- Tamil: தான்சானியா
- Taroko: Tanzania
- Tatar: Танзания
- Telugu: టాంజానియా
- Thai: ประเทศแทนซาเนีย
- Thai: แทนซาเนีย
- Tibetan: ཏན་ཛ་ནི་ཡ།
- Tigrinya: ታንዛኒያ
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Tenisānia
- Tosk Albanian: Tansania
- Tsonga: Tanzania
- Tumbuka: Tanzania
- Tunisian Arabic: تنزانيا
- Turkish: Tanzanya
- Turkmen: Tanzaniýa
- Twi: Tanzania
- Tyap: Muna̱pyia̱ Ri̱pobi̱lik Ta̱nzaniya
- Tyap: Ta̱nzaniya
- Udmurt: Танзания
- Uighur: تانزانىيە
- Ukrainian: Об'єднана Республіка Танзанія
- Ukrainian: Обʼєднана Республіка Танзанія
- Ukrainian: Танзанія, Обʼєднана Республіка
- Ukrainian: Танзанія
- Upper Sorbian: Tansania
- Upper Sorbian: Tansanija
- Urdu: تنزانیہ
- Uzbek: Tanzaniya
- Venetian: Tanzània
- Veps: Tanzanii
- Vietnamese: Tan-da-ni-a (Tanzania)
- Vietnamese: Tan-da-ni-a
- Vietnamese: Tanzania
- Vlax Romani: Tanzania
- Vlax Romani: Tanzaniya
- Volapük: Tansanän
- Võro: Tansaania
- Waray (Philippines): Tanzania
- Welsh: Tansanïa
- Welsh: Tanzania
- Welsh: Tanzanïa
- Western Frisian: Tanzania
- Western Mari: Танзани
- Western Panjabi: تنزانیا
- Wolof: Tansani
- Wolof: Taŋsani
- Wu Chinese: 坦桑尼亞
- Xhosa: ITanzania
- Yakut: Танзания
- Yiddish: טאַנזאַניע
- Yiddish: טאנזאניע
- Yoruba: Tànsáníà
- Yoruba: Tàǹsáníà
- Yue Chinese: 坦桑尼亞
- Zeeuws: Tanzânia
- Zhuang: Tanzania
- Zulu: ITanzania
- Zulu: IThanzaniya
- Zulu: i-Tanzania
- ma Tansanija
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