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Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

Capital
Dodoma
Dodoma (formerly Dar es Salaam)
Population
72,563,780
2026 estimate
Area
945,087 km²
Code
TZA
Languages
English, Swahili
Currencies
Tanzanian shilling (Sh)

Did you know?

  • 🏔Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world (5,895 m).
  • Hosts the Great Wildebeest Migration with Kenya — over 2 million animals on the move.
  • 🏞Lake Tanganyika is the world's longest freshwater lake and the second-deepest (1,470 m).
  • Zanzibar's Stone Town is a UNESCO site mixing Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian and European influences.
  • 🥇Olduvai Gorge has produced some of the oldest hominid fossils — making it 'the cradle of mankind'.

Location

-6.00°, 35.00°

Actual size

Compared to Australia.

Outline of Australia
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Outline of Tanzania
Tanzania
945,087 km²
% of Australia
12.29%