Tanzania

Official Name:

United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania)

Area:

945.087 km ²

Population (2007):

39.384.223 inhabitants

Coastline:

1.424 km

Capital:

Dar es Salaam

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Political divisions:

26 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West

Language(s):

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 Note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages

National holiday:

Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)

Nationality:

Tanzanian(s)

Official time:

UTC 3. Note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on a regular basis

Member of:

ACP, AfDB, AU, C, EADB, FAO, G-6, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.tz

Economic Profile

Currency:

Tanzanian shilling (TZS)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD800 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 13.130.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

5,8% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 43,3%
• Industry: 17,7%
• Services: 39%

Labor force:

19.350.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2002):

• Agriculture 80%
• Industry and services: 20%

Unemployment rate:

ND

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5,9% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

19% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD2.431.000.000
• Expenditures: USD3.001.000.000

Public debt:

30,5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -906.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 1.831.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton

Exports - Partners:

China 10,5%, Canada 8,9%, India 7,5%, Netherlands 5,3%, Japan 4,6%, Germany 4,4%, UK 4,1%, Zambia 4% (2005)

Imports:

USD 3.180.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil

Imports - partners:

South Africa 12,7%, China 9,2%, Kenya 7,9%, India 6,8%, UAE 5,9% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 2.375.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 4.610.000.000 (2006)