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Divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue.
 
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 Tanzania 
 Capital: 
Dar es Salaam
legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital, the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis
 Administrative
 divisions: 
30 regions (mkoa): Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Geita, Iringa, Kagera, Katavi, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Njombe, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North, and Zanzibar Urban/West.
 Population: 
37,187,939 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
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, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa, the first language of most people is one of the local languages
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
6° 00' S, 35° 00' E
 Area total: 
945,087 sq. km
includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
 Land area: 
886,037 sq. km
 Water area: 
59,050 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,861 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
 Coastline: 
1,424 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Indian Ocean 0 m - Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.tz
 Currency: 
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
United Republic of Tanzania
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Tanzania
 Former name: 
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
 Independence: 
26 April 1964, Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship), Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK), Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964
 Constitution: 
25 April 1977, major revisions October 1984
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)
 
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