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.
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
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)