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Capital: Dar Es Salaam
Government: Republic
Current President: Jakaya Kikwete
Economy:
- The economy depends heavily on agriculture, which accounts for more than one-quarter of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs about 80% of the work force.
Population: 45 million (UN 2011)
Land Size: 945,087 sq km (364,900 sq miles)
Major Ethic Groups:
- Mainland
- African: 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes)
- Other: 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab)
- Zanzibar
- Arab
- African
- Mixed Arab and African
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Religions:
- Mainland
- Christian: 30%
- Muslim: 35%
- indigenous beliefs: 35%
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.
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