AREA ................................................
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945.087
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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36.588.225 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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38,7 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Dodoma
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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674 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,324 (156th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Indian Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Kilimanjaro 5895 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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26 April 1964; note: Tanganyika 9 December 1961; Zanzibar 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.tz
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+255
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