Tanzania



Overview Sydney= I have learned that much of Africa has a very high poverty rate. And that agriculture is a big $ in Tanzania. I have learned about the animals that live in Africa and the history of Tanzania. i have learned that it is very difficult to work with Zach Harmon, who, dispite every thing I do on this page, always finds a way to make it better. :)

Zach H.= While creating this project i learned a lot of information that i didn't know about Africa. I learned that poverty and starvation a huge social problems all over Africa, and that disease is difficult to overcome, since they don't have $ for medicine. Another thing i learned during my worktime on this project was about the animals that live in Africa. I agree with Zain about Sydney. o_O

Zain= Being able to study about Tanzania has increased my knowledge on what the hardships the Tanzanians faced. I have leaned many things about the Tanzanians like the most common spoken language is Swahili, and that islam is the common religon.I like the fact that you let us learn in our own perspective by writing facts and details. Finnaly I disliked working with Sydneyyyyye (how do you spell it) because she would always deleteted my valuble work. ( i'm not being mean or any thing, but that was funny).

Statistics Tanzania's capital is Dodoma and the largest city in Tanzania Dar es Salaam. The two most popular languages are Swahili and English (mostly in high courts and higher schools). Swahili, Bemba, English, Gogo and Haya are other languages spoken on a regular basis in Tanzania. The population of Tanzania in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 36,977,000, which placed it as number 32 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In that year approximately 3% of the population was over 65 years of age, with another 45% of the population under 15 years of age. There were 98 males for every 100 females in the country in 2003. According to the UN, the annual population growth rate for 2000–2005 is 1.4%, with the projected population for the year 2015 at 57,800,000. The population density in 2002 was 39 per sq km (102 per sq mi). To see Tanzania go to : [Geography Tanzania is in East Africa on the Indian Ocean. To the north are Uganda and Kenya; to the west, Burundi, Rwanda, and Congo; and to the south, Mozambique, Zambia, and Malawi. Its area is three times that of New Mexico. Tanzania contains three of Africa's best-known lakes—Victoria in the north, Tanganyika in the west, and Nyasa in the south. Mount Kilimanjaro in the north, 19,340 ft (5,895 m), is the highest point on the continent. The island of Zanzibar is separated from the mainland by a 22-mile channel. Mount Kilimanjaro. media type="custom" key="3507482" width="331" height="252"

History It served as a military outpost during World War II, providing financial help, munitions, and soldiers.Tanzania is home to some of the oldest human settlements unearthed by archaeologists, including fossils of early humans found in and around Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania, an area often referred to as "The Cradle of Mankind". Lucy the Australopithecus afarensis was found in the nearby country, Etheopia.



Economy The economy of Tanzania is overwhelmingly agricultural; plantations grow cash crops, including coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum, cashews, tobacco, sugarcane, and cloves (cultivated in Zanzibar and Pemba the small islands off of Tanzania).Diamonds, tanzanite, and other gemstones are mined; other minerals extracted in significant quantities include gold, salt, gypsum, phosphates, and kaolin. This is Tanzanite. This is Kaolin. This is Gypsum.

Government Tanzania' s government is Rebublic and its Presidant is Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and the Prime Minester is Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda. The United Republic of Tanzania developed a parliamentary system of government soon after independence. This is Tanzanian Euros. This is the Tanzanian coat of Arms. - From Left, Shamsi Vuai Nahodha - Zanzibar Chief Minister, Ali Mohammed Shein - Tanzania's Vice-President, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete - President of Tanzania, Aman Karume - President of Zanzibar. pic. 2006

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Social Problems Tanzanian society is divided along many lines. The traditional elite includes descendants of kings and paramount chiefs, who, after independence, lost their traditional titles. The modern elite includes many individuals in the government, successful business people, and the highly educated. With the advent of the HIV-AIDS epidemic and the decrease in social services, the poorest families are no longer able to care for all of their children and relatives. Beggars in urban areas and street children have become more visible and are often victims of police brutality.

Religion Almost one-third of the Tanzanian people are Muslims. Another one third are Christians and the remaining one third follow religions of different kind. Some rural people in Tanzania are believers of animistic religion. **Religion in Tanzania ** is multifaceted. The Muslims in Tanzania are descendants of Aga Khan's spiritual leadership. There are sprouts of Jainism, Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, too.



Tanzanian Wildlife + Pictures of Sunsets in Tanzania

media type="youtube" key="6CkQMTyjpAo" height="344" width="425" **Other** From Zain Just wanted to show you the tastey food the Tanzania ate. Lets see if you can name 5 things the Tanzanian people ate.

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