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Introduction:<\/h2>\n

Tanzania, officially the\u00a0United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the\u00a0African Great Lakes<\/a>\u00a0region. It borders\u00a0Uganda<\/a>\u00a0to the north;\u00a0Kenya<\/a>\u00a0to the northeast;\u00a0Comoro Islands<\/a>\u00a0and the Indian Ocean to the east;\u00a0Mozambique<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Malawi<\/a>\u00a0to the south;\u00a0Zambia<\/a>\u00a0to the southwest; and\u00a0Rwanda<\/a>,\u00a0Burundi<\/a>, and the\u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>\u00a0to the west.\u00a0Mount Kilimanjaro<\/a>, Africa’s highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.<\/p>\n

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Tanzania on the Globe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many important\u00a0hominid<\/a>\u00a0fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old\u00a0Pliocene<\/a>\u00a0hominid fossils. The genus\u00a0Australopithecus<\/a>\u00a0ranged all over Africa 4 to 2 million years ago; and the oldest remains of the genus\u00a0Homo<\/a><\/i>\u00a0are found near\u00a0Lake Olduvai<\/a>. Following the rise of\u00a0Homo erectus<\/a><\/i>\u00a01.8\u00a0million years ago, humanity spread all over the Old World, and later in the New World and Australia under the species\u00a0Homo sapiens<\/a><\/i>.\u00a0H. sapiens<\/i>\u00a0also overtook Africa and absorbed the older archaic species and subspecies of humanity.<\/p>\n

Later in the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included\u00a0Southern Cushitic<\/a>\u00a0speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia;<\/sup>\u00a0Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of\u00a0Lake Turkana<\/a>\u00a0about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago;<\/sup>\u00a0and the\u00a0Southern Nilotes<\/a>, including the\u00a0Datoog<\/a>, who originated from the present-day South Sudan\u2013Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago.\u00a0These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the\u00a0Mashariki Bantu<\/a>\u00a0from West Africa in the\u00a0Lake Victoria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lake Tanganyika<\/a> areas. They subsequently migrated across the rest of Tanzania between 2,300 and 1,700 years ago.<\/p>\n

German rule began in mainland Tanzania during the late 19th century when Germany formed\u00a0German East Africa<\/a>. This was followed by British rule after\u00a0World War I<\/a>. The mainland was governed as\u00a0Tanganyika<\/a>, with the\u00a0Zanzibar Archipelago<\/a>\u00a0remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.<\/sup>\u00a0The countries had joined the British\u00a0Commonwealth<\/a> in 1961 and Tanzania is still a member of the Commonwealth as one republic.<\/p>\n

The United Nations estimated Tanzania’s population at 56.31 million, which is slightly smaller than South Africa making it the second most populous country located entirely south of the Equator. The population is composed of about 120\u00a0ethnic<\/a>,<\/sup>\u00a0linguistic<\/a>, and religious groups. The\u00a0sovereign state<\/a>\u00a0of Tanzania is a\u00a0presidential<\/a>\u00a0constitutional republic and since 1996 its official capital city has been\u00a0Dodoma<\/a>\u00a0where the president’s office, the\u00a0National Assembly<\/a>, and all government ministries are located.<\/sup>\u00a0Dar es Salaam<\/a>, the former capital, retains most government offices and is the country’s largest city, principal port, and leading commercial center.\u00a0Tanzania is a\u00a0de facto<\/i>\u00a0one-party state<\/a>\u00a0with the\u00a0democratic socialist<\/a>\u00a0Chama Cha Mapinduzi<\/a>\u00a0party in power.<\/p>\n

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Dodoma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tanzania is mountainous and densely forested in the north-east, where\u00a0Mount Kilimanjaro<\/a>\u00a0is located. Three of\u00a0Africa’s Great Lakes<\/a>\u00a0are partly within Tanzania. To the north and west lie\u00a0Lake Victoria<\/a>, Africa’s largest lake, and\u00a0Lake Tanganyika<\/a>, the continent’s deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish. To the south lies\u00a0Lake Malawi<\/a>. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the\u00a0Zanzibar Archipelago<\/a>\u00a0just offshore. The\u00a0Menai Bay Conservation Area<\/a>\u00a0is Zanzibar’s largest marine protected area. The\u00a0Kalambo Falls<\/a>, located on the\u00a0Kalambo River<\/a>\u00a0at the Zambian border, is the second highest uninterrupted\u00a0waterfall<\/a> in Africa.<\/p>\n

Christianity is the largest\u00a0religion in Tanzania<\/a>, but there are also substantial\u00a0Muslim<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Animist<\/a>\u00a0minorities.<\/sup>\u00a0Over 100 different\u00a0languages are spoken in Tanzania<\/a>, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa.<\/sup>\u00a0The country does not have a\u00a0de jure<\/i>\u00a0official language,<\/sup>\u00a0although the national language is\u00a0Swahili<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0Swahili is used in\u00a0parliamentary<\/a> debate, in the lower courts, and as a medium of instruction in primary school. English is used in foreign trade, in diplomacy, in higher courts, and as a medium of instruction in secondary and higher education; although the Tanzanian government is planning to discontinue English as the primary language of instruction, it will be available as an optional course. Approximately 10 per cent of Tanzanians speak Swahili as a first language, and up to 90 per cent speak it as a\u00a0second language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

History:<\/h2>\n

Ancient:<\/span><\/h3>\n

The indigenous populations of eastern Africa are thought to be the\u00a0linguistically isolated<\/a>\u00a0Hadza<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sandawe<\/a> hunter-gatherers of Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The first wave of migration was by\u00a0Southern Cushitic<\/a>\u00a0speakers who moved south from Ethiopia and Somalia into Tanzania. They are ancestral to the\u00a0Iraqw<\/a>,\u00a0Gorowa<\/a>, and\u00a0Burunge<\/a>.\u00a0Based on linguistic evidence, there may also have been two movements into Tanzania of Eastern Cushitic people at about 4,000 and 2,000 years ago, originating from north of\u00a0Lake Turkana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A 1.8-million-year-old stone chopping tool discovered at Olduvai Gorge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Archaeological evidence supports the conclusion that\u00a0Southern Nilotes<\/a>, including the\u00a0Datoog<\/a>, moved south from the present-day South Sudan \/ Ethiopia border region into central northern Tanzania between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago.<\/p>\n

These movements took place at approximately the same time as the settlement of the iron-making\u00a0Mashariki Bantu<\/a>\u00a0from West Africa in the\u00a0Lake Victoria<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lake Tanganyika<\/a>\u00a0areas. They brought with them the west African planting tradition and the primary staple of\u00a0yams<\/a>. They subsequently migrated out of these regions across the rest of Tanzania between 2,300 and 1,700 years ago.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Eastern Nilotic<\/a>\u00a0peoples, including the\u00a0Maasai<\/a>, represent a more recent migration from present-day South Sudan within the past 500 to 1,500 years.<\/p>\n

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Maasai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The people of Tanzania have been associated with the production of iron and steel. The\u00a0Pare people<\/a>\u00a0were the main producers of sought-after iron for peoples who occupied the mountain regions of north-eastern Tanzania.<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0Haya people<\/a>\u00a0on the western shores of\u00a0Lake Victoria<\/a>\u00a0invented a type of high-heat\u00a0blast furnace<\/a>, which allowed them to forge\u00a0carbon steel<\/a> at temperatures exceeding 1,820\u00a0\u00b0C (3,310\u00a0\u00b0F) more than 1,500 years ago.<\/p>\n

Travelers and merchants from the Persian Gulf<\/a> and India have visited the east African coast since early in the first millennium AD.\u00a0Islam<\/a> was practized by some on the Swahili Coast<\/a> as early as the eighth or ninth century A.D.<\/p>\n

Medieval:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bantu-speakers built farming and trade villages along the Tanzanian coast from the outset of the first millennium. Archaeological finds at\u00a0Fukuchani<\/a>, on the north-west coast of Zanzibar, indicate a settled agricultural and fishing community from the 6th century CE at the latest. The considerable amount of daub found indicates timber buildings, and shell beads, bead grinders, and iron slag have been found at the site. There is evidence for limited engagement in long-distance trade: a small amount of imported pottery has been found, less than 1% of total pottery finds, mostly from the Gulf and dated to the 5th to 8th century. The similarity to contemporary sites such as\u00a0Mkokotoni<\/a> and Dar es Salaam indicate a unified group of communities that developed into the first center of coastal maritime culture. The coastal towns appear to have been engaged in Indian Ocean and inland African trade at this early period. Trade rapidly increased in importance and quantity beginning in the mid-8th century and by the close of the 10th century Zanzibar was one of the central Swahili trading towns.<\/p>\n

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City of Kilwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Growth in Egyptian and Persian shipping from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf revitalized Indian Ocean trade, particularly after the\u00a0Fatimid Caliphate<\/a>\u00a0relocated to Fustat (Cairo). Swahili agriculturalists built increasingly dense settlements to tap into trade, these forming the earliest Swahili city-states. The Venda-Shona Kingdoms of Mapungubwe and Zimbabwe in South Africa and\u00a0Zimbabwe<\/a>, respectively, became a major producer of gold around this same period. Economic, social, and religious power was increasingly vested in\u00a0Kilwa<\/a>, Tanzania’s major medieval city-state. Kilwa controlled a number of smaller ports stretching down to modern-day Mozambique.\u00a0Sofala<\/a> became the major gold emporium and Kilwa grew rich off the trade, lying at the southern end of the Indian Ocean Monsoons. Kilwa’s major rivals lay to the north, in modern-day Kenya, namely Mombasa and Malindi. Kilwa remained the major power in East Africa until the arrival of the Portuguese at the end of the 15th century.<\/p>\n

Colonial:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Claiming the coastal strip, <\/span>Omani<\/a>\u00a0Sultan\u00a0<\/span>Said bin Sultan<\/a>\u00a0moved his capital to\u00a0<\/span>Zanzibar City<\/a>\u00a0in 1840. During this time, Zanzibar became the center\u00a0for the\u00a0east African slave trade<\/a>.<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Between 65 and 90 per cent of the Arab-<\/span>Swahili<\/a>\u00a0population of\u00a0<\/span>Zanzibar<\/a>\u00a0was enslaved.<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0One of the most infamous slave traders on the East African coast was\u00a0<\/span>Tippu Tip<\/a>, who was the grandson of an enslaved African. The\u00a0<\/span>Nyamwezi<\/a>\u00a0slave traders operated under the leadership of\u00a0<\/span>Msiri<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Mirambo<\/a>.<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0According to\u00a0<\/span>Timothy Insoll<\/a>, “Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast.”<\/span><\/sup> In the 1890s, slavery was abolished.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Maji Maji Rebellion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the late 19th century, Germany conquered the regions that are now Tanzania (minus Zanzibar) and incorporated them into\u00a0German East Africa<\/a>\u00a0(GEA).<\/sup>\u00a0The Supreme Council of the\u00a01919 Paris Peace Conference<\/a> awarded all of GEA to Britain on 7 May 1919, over the strenuous objections of Belgium.\u00a0The British\u00a0colonial secretary<\/a>,\u00a0Alfred Milner<\/a>, and Belgium’s minister\u00a0plenipotentiary<\/a>\u00a0to the conference,\u00a0Pierre Orts<\/a> , then negotiated the Anglo-Belgian agreement of 30 May 1919\u00a0where Britain ceded the north-western GEA provinces of\u00a0Ruanda and Urundi<\/a>\u00a0to Belgium.<\/sup> The conference’s Commission on Mandates ratified this agreement on 16 July 1919. The Supreme Council accepted the agreement on 7 August 1919.\u00a0On 12 July 1919, the Commission on Mandates agreed that the small\u00a0Kionga Triangle<\/a>\u00a0south of the\u00a0Rovuma River<\/a>\u00a0would be given to\u00a0Portuguese Mozambique<\/a>, with it eventually becoming part of independent Mozambique. The commission reasoned that Germany had virtually forced Portugal to cede the triangle in 1894.\u00a0The\u00a0Treaty of Versailles<\/a>\u00a0was signed on 28 June 1919, although the treaty did not take effect until 10 January 1920. On that date, the GEA was transferred officially to Britain, Belgium, and Portugal. Also on that date, “Tanganyika” became the name of the British territory.<\/p>\n

During\u00a0World War II<\/a>, about 100,000 people from Tanganyika joined the\u00a0Allied forces<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and were among the 375,000 Africans who fought with those forces.<\/sup>\u00a0Tanganyikans fought in units of the\u00a0King’s African Rifles<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0East African Campaign<\/a>\u00a0in Somalia and\u00a0Abyssinia<\/a>\u00a0against the Italians, in Madagascar against the\u00a0Vichy French<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0Madagascar Campaign<\/a>, and in Burma against the\u00a0Japanese<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0Burma Campaign<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0Tanganyika was an important source of food during this war, and its export income increased greatly compared to the pre-war years of the\u00a0Great Depression<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0Wartime demand, however, caused increased commodity prices and massive inflation within the colony.<\/p>\n

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Julius Nyerere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1954,\u00a0Julius Nyerere<\/a> transformed an organization into the politically oriented Tanganyika African National Union<\/a>\u00a0(TANU). TANU’s main objective was to achieve national\u00a0sovereignty<\/a>\u00a0for Tanganyika. A campaign to register new members was launched, and within a year, TANU had become the leading political organisation in the country. Nyerere became Minister of British-administered Tanganyika in 1960 and continued as prime minister when Tanganyika became independent in 1961.[49]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Modern:<\/span><\/h3>\n

British rule came to an end on 9 December 1961, but for the first year of independence, Tanganyika had a\u00a0governor general<\/a> who represented the British monarch.\u00a0Tanganyika also joined the\u00a0British Commonwealth<\/a> in 1961. On 9 December 1962, Tanganyika became a democratic republic under an executive president.<\/p>\n

After the\u00a0Zanzibar Revolution<\/a> overthrew the Arab dynasty in neighboring\u00a0Zanzibar<\/a>, accompanied with the slaughter of thousands of Arab Zanzibarians,<\/sup>\u00a0which had become independent in 1963, the archipelago merged with mainland Tanganyika on 26 April 1964.<\/sup>\u00a0The new country was then named the\u00a0United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar<\/i>. On 29 October of the same year, the country was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania (“Tan” comes from Tanganyika and “Zan” from Zanzibar). The union of the two hitherto separate regions was controversial among many Zanzibaris (even those sympathetic to the revolution) but was accepted by both the\u00a0Nyerere<\/a>\u00a0government and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar owing to shared political values and goals.<\/p>\n

Following Tanganyika’s independence and unification with Zanzibar leading to the state of Tanzania, President Nyerere emphazised a need to construct a national identity for the citizens of the new country. To achieve this, Nyerere provided what is regarded as one of the most successful cases of ethnic repression and identity transformation in Africa. With over 130 languages spoken within its territory, Tanzania is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Africa. Despite this obstacle, ethnic divisions remained rare in Tanzania when compared to the rest of the continent, notably its immediate neighbor, Kenya. Furthermore, since its independence, Tanzania has displayed more political stability than most African countries, particularly due to Nyerere’s ethnic repression methods.<\/p>\n

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The Arusha Declaration Monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 1967, Nyerere’s first presidency took a turn to the\u00a0left<\/a>\u00a0after the\u00a0Arusha Declaration<\/a>, which codified a commitment to socialism as well as\u00a0Pan-Africanism<\/a>. After the declaration, banks and many large industries were nationalized.<\/p>\n

Tanzania was also aligned with China, which from 1970 to 1975 financed and helped build the 1,860-kilometre-long (1,160\u00a0mi)\u00a0TAZARA Railway<\/a> from Dar es Salaam to Zambia. Nonetheless, from the late 1970s, Tanzania’s economy took a turn for the worse, in the context of an international economic crisis affecting both developed and developing economies.<\/p>\n

From the mid-1980s, the regime financed itself by borrowing from the\u00a0International Monetary Fund<\/a> and underwent some reforms. Since then, Tanzania’s gross domestic product per capita has grown and poverty has been reduced, according to a report by the World Bank.<\/p>\n

In 1992, the\u00a0Constitution of Tanzania<\/a> was amended to allow multiple political parties.\u00a0In Tanzania’s first multi-party elections, held in 1995, the ruling\u00a0Chama Cha Mapinduzi<\/a>\u00a0won 186 of the 232 elected seats in the National Assembly, and\u00a0Benjamin Mkapa<\/a> was elected as president.<\/p>\n

The presidents of Tanzania since Independence have been\u00a0Julius Nyerere<\/a>\u00a01962\u20131985,\u00a0Ali Hassan Mwinyi<\/a>\u00a01985\u20131995,\u00a0Benjamin Mkapa<\/a>\u00a01995\u20132005\u00a0Jakaya Kikwete<\/a>\u00a02005\u20132015\u00a0John Magufuli<\/a>\u00a02015\u20132021 and\u00a0Samia Hassan Suluhu<\/a> since 2021. After the long tenure of president Nyerere, the Constitution has a term limit, a president can serve a maximum of two terms. Each term is five years. Every president has represented the ruling party Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM).\u00a0President Magufuli won a landslide victory and re-election in October 2020. According to the opposition, the\u00a0election<\/a> was full of fraud and irregularities.<\/p>\n

On 17 March 2021, President\u00a0John Magufuli<\/a> died from heart complications while in office.\u00a0Magufuli’s vice president,\u00a0Samia Suluhu Hassan<\/a>, became Tanzania’s first female president.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Geography:<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Tanzania Topography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 947,303 square kilometers (365,756 sq mi), Tanzania is the 13th largest country in Africa and the 31st largest in the world, ranked between the larger Egypt and smaller Nigeria. It borders Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. Tanzania is located on the eastern coast of Africa and has an Indian Ocean coastline approximately 1,424 kilometers (885 mi) long.\u00a0It also incorporates several offshore islands, including\u00a0Unguja<\/a>\u00a0(Zanzibar),\u00a0Pemba<\/a>, and\u00a0Mafia<\/a>.\u00a0The country is the site of Africa’s highest and lowest points:\u00a0Mount Kilimanjaro<\/a>, at 5,895 meters (19,341 ft) above sea level, and the floor of\u00a0Lake Tanganyika<\/a>, at 1,471 meters (4,826 ft) below sea level, respectively.<\/p>\n

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An elephant passing by the snow-capped\u00a0Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tanzania is mountainous and densely forested in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro is located. Three of <\/span>Africa’s Great Lakes<\/a>\u00a0are partly within Tanzania. To the north and west lie\u00a0<\/span>Lake Victoria<\/a>, Africa’s largest lake, and\u00a0<\/span>Lake Tanganyika<\/a>, the continent’s deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish. To the southwest lies\u00a0<\/span>Lake Nyasa<\/a>. Central Tanzania is a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the\u00a0<\/span>Zanzibar Archipelago<\/a>\u00a0just offshore.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive and intact volcanic caldera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Kalambo Falls<\/a>\u00a0in the southwestern region of\u00a0Rukwa<\/a>\u00a0is the second highest uninterrupted waterfall in Africa, and is located near the southeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika on the border with Zambia.<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0Menai Bay Conservation Area<\/a>\u00a0is Zanzibar’s largest marine protected area.<\/p>\n

Economy:<\/h2>\n

As of 2021, according to the IMF, Tanzania’s gross domestic product (GDP) was an estimated $71 \u00a0billion (nominal), or $218.5\u00a0billion on a\u00a0purchasing power parity<\/a> (PPP) basis. GDP per capita (PPP) was $3,574.<\/p>\n

From 2009 through 2013, Tanzania’s per capita GDP (based on constant local currency) grew an average of 3.5% per year, higher than any other member of the\u00a0East African Community<\/a>\u00a0(EAC) and exceeded by only nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Tanzania’s largest trading partners in 2017 for its US$5.3\u00a0billion in exports were India, Vietnam, South Africa, Switzerland, and China.<\/sup> Its imports totaled US$8.17 billion, with India, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, China, and the United Arab Emirates being the biggest partners.<\/p>\n

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Tanzania Exports 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tanzania weathered the\u00a0Great Recession<\/a>, which began in late 2008 or early 2009, relatively well. Strong gold prices, bolstering the country’s\u00a0mining industry<\/a>, and Tanzania’s poor integration into global markets helped to insulate the country from the downturn. Since the recession ended, the Tanzanian economy has expanded rapidly thanks to strong tourism, telecommunications, and banking sectors.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0United Nations Development Programme<\/a>, however, recent growth in the national economy has benefited only the “very few”, leaving out the majority of the population.<\/sup>\u00a0Tanzania’s 2013\u00a0Global Hunger Index<\/a> was worse than any other country in the EAC except Burundi. The proportion of persons who were undernourished in 2010\u201312 was also worse than any other EAC country except Burundi.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the\u00a0World Bank<\/a>\u00a0declared the rise of the Tanzanian economy from low income to lower\u00a0middle income country<\/a>, as its\u00a0GNI per capita<\/a>\u00a0increased from US$1,020 in 2018 to US$1,080 in 2019.<\/p>\n

Transportation:<\/h2>\n
Most transport in Tanzania is by road, with road transport constituting over 75 per cent of the country’s freight traffic and 80 per cent of its passenger traffic. The 86,500 kilometres (53,700\u00a0mi) road system is in generally poor condition.\u00a0Tanzania has two railway companies:\u00a0TAZARA<\/a>, which provides service between Dar es Salaam and\u00a0Kapiri Mposhi<\/a>\u00a0(in a copper-mining district in Zambia), and\u00a0Tanzania Railways Limited<\/a>, which connects Dar es Salaam with central and northern Tanzania. Rail travel in Tanzania often entails slow journeys with frequent cancellations or delays, and the railways have a deficient safety record.<\/div>\n
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Main Trunk Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Dar es Salaam, there is a huge project of rapid buses,\u00a0Dar Rapid Transit (DART)<\/a>\u00a0which connects suburbs of\u00a0Dar es Salaam<\/a> city. The development of the DART system consists of six phases and is funded by the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the Government of Tanzania. The first phase began in April 2012, and it was completed in December 2015 and launched operations in May 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zanzibar harbor<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Tanzania has four international airports, along with over 120 small airports or landing strips. Airport infrastructure tends to be in poor condition.\u00a0Airlines in Tanzania include\u00a0Air Tanzania<\/a>,\u00a0Precision Air<\/a>,\u00a0Fastjet<\/a>,\u00a0Coastal Aviation<\/a>, and\u00a0ZanAir<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flag of Tanzania:<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0flag of\u00a0Tanzania<\/a> consists of a yellow-edged black diagonal band, divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and blue lower triangle. Adopted in 1964 to replace the individual flags of\u00a0Tanganyika<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Zanzibar<\/a>, it has been the flag of the United Republic of Tanzania since the two states merged that year. The design of the present flag incorporates the elements from the two former flags. It is one of a relatively small number of national flags incorporating a diagonal line, with other examples including the\u00a0DR Congo<\/a>,\u00a0Namibia<\/a>,\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brunei.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flag of Tanzania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The\u00a0United Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 together with its dominion\u00a0South Africa<\/a>\u00a0and fellow\u00a0Allied<\/a>\u00a0power\u00a0Belgium<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 occupied the majority of\u00a0German East Africa<\/a>\u00a0in 1916 during the\u00a0East African Campaign<\/a>. Three years later, the British were tasked with administering the\u00a0Tanganyika Territory<\/a>\u00a0as a\u00a0League of Nations mandate<\/a>. It was turned into a\u00a0UN Trust Territory<\/a>\u00a0after\u00a0World War II<\/a>, when the LN dissolved in 1946 and the\u00a0United Nations<\/a> was formed.\u00a0In 1954, the\u00a0Tanganyika African Association<\/a> \u2013 which spoke out against British colonial rule\u2013 became the\u00a0Tanganyika African National Union<\/a>\u00a0(TANU) under the leadership of\u00a0Julius Nyerere<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Oscar Kambona<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0The aim of the political party was to attain independence for the territory;<\/sup>\u00a0its flag was a\u00a0tricolour<\/a>\u00a0consisting of three horizontal green, black and yellow bands.<\/sup>\u00a0Shortly before independence in 1961,\u00a0elections were held<\/a> in Tanganyika. After the TANU won comprehensively, the British colonial leaders advised them to utilize the design of their party’s flag as inspiration for a new national flag. As a result, yellow stripes were added, and Tanganyika<\/a> became independent on 9 December 1961.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Sultanate of Zanzibar<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which was a British\u00a0protectorate<\/a>\u00a0until 1963<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 used a red flag during its reign over the island. The last sultan was overthrown in the\u00a0Zanzibar Revolution<\/a>\u00a0on 12 January 1964, and the\u00a0Afro-Shirazi Party<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the ruling political party of the newly formed\u00a0People’s Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba<\/a> \u2013 adopted a national flag the next month that was inspired by its own party flag. This consisted of a tricolor with three horizontal blue, black and green bands.<\/p>\n

In April 1964, both Tanganyika and Zanzibar united in order to form a single country \u2013 the United Republic of\u00a0Tanzania<\/a>. Consequently, the flag designs of the two states were amalgamated to establish a new national flag. The green and black colors from the flag of Tanganyika were retained along with the blue from Zanzibar’s flag, with a diagonal design used “for distinctiveness”.\u00a0<\/sup>This combined design was adopted on 30 June 1964.<\/sup> It was featured on the first set of stamps issued by the newly unified country.<\/p>\n

The colors and symbols of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The green alludes to the natural vegetation and “rich agricultural resources” of the country,<\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0while black represents the\u00a0Swahili people<\/a>\u00a0who are native to Tanzania.<\/sup>\u00a0The blue epitomizes the\u00a0Indian Ocean<\/a>,<\/sup>\u00a0as well as the nation’s numerous lakes and rivers.<\/sup> The thin stripes stand for Tanzania’s mineral wealth,\u00a0derived from the “rich deposits” in the land.<\/sup>\u00a0While\u00a0Whitney Smith<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/a><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Dorling Kindersley<\/a>‘s\u00a0Complete Flags of the World<\/i>\u00a0describe the\u00a0fimbriations<\/a> as yellow,\u00a0other sources \u2013 such as\u00a0The World Factbook<\/a><\/i>\u00a0and Simon Clarke in the journal\u00a0Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa<\/i> \u2013 contend that it is actually gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flag of Tanzania consists of a yellow-edged black diagonal band, divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and blue lower triangle. Adopted in 1964 to replace the individual flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, it has been the flag of the United Republic of Tanzania since the two states merged that year. The design of the present flag incorporates the elements from the two former flags. It is one of a relatively small number of national flags incorporating a diagonal line, with other examples including the DR Congo, Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brunei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,59,5,6,7,31,29,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9551,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001\/revisions\/9551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}