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GeographyLocation: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,402 km, Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km Coastline: 1,424 km
PeoplePopulation: 28,701,077 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.55% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 45.25 births/1,000 population Death rate: 19.81 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 109 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.15 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Religions: Languages: Swahili (official; widely understood and generally used for communication between ethnic groups and is used in primary education), English (official; primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education)
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ability to read and write a letter or message in Kisahili (1988)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Dar es Salaam Independence: 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (fromUN trusteeship under British administration); Zanzibar became independent19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republicof Tanzania 29 October 1964 Constitution: 25 April 1977; major revisions October 1984
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $21 billion National product real growth rate: 3% National product per capita: $750 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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