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Tanzania

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Step out into the vast open plains of Tanzania and you suddenly feel very, very small. And so you should. Youve just joined one of the largest, wildest animal populations in the world. Wildebeest, monkey, antelope, lion, cheetah, crocodile, gazelle, flami
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Capital: Dodoma
Official languages: Swahili
Regional languages:
Government:Republic
President:Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Vice President:Mizengo Pinda
Independence:December 9, 1961Â, United Kingdom
Population:37,849,133
Currency:Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Description:Step out into the vast open plains of Tanzania and you suddenly feel very, very small. And so you should. Youve just joined one of the largest, wildest animal populations in the world. Wildebeest, monkey, antelope, lion, cheetah, crocodile, gazelle, flami
Location:Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Area:945 087 sq_km
Natural Resource hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
Internet Code:.tz