Government Information
Capital City:	Dar es Salaam
Independance Day:	26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Government Type:	Republic

Population Demographics
Population:	36,558,225
Languages:	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
Religion:	mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Life Expectancy:	44.39

Economic Information
Currency:	Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
GDP(Per Capita):	600
Industries:	agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt
Exports:	gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
Imports:	consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil

Geography Information
Total Area:	945,087 sq km (slightly larger than twice the size of California)
Land Area:	886,037 sq km
Water Area:	59,050 sq km
Highest Point:	Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
Lowest Point :	Indian Ocean 0 m

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