August 16, 2021 Tanzania National Parks Geography to Tanzania Immediately south of the equator, between the Indian Ocean in the east and the lakes of the Central African Rift in…
May 27, 2021 Travel to Tanzania Currency: Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) Exchange rate: TZS 2,748 TZS per € (November 2020) Time zone: UTC +3 Country code (Tel.): +255 Climate (for Dar…
May 20, 2021 Tanzania Culture and Religion Culture Art Traditional East African art – in the form of valuable everyday objects, masks, musical instruments, etc. – will hardly be found in…
May 14, 2021 Living in Tanzania GDP: $ 65.5 billion (estimated, 2020) Per capita income (purchasing power parity): $ 1,233 (estimated, 2020) Human Development Rank (HDI): Rank 159 of 189…
May 13, 2021 Tanzania Education and Health The education and the health system in Tanzania were once exemplary in Africa. Due to the deteriorating overall economic development, especially during the 1980’s,…
May 12, 2021 Tanzania Ethnic Groups and Languages Alphabetized adults: 77.9% (2017) Major religions: Christianity (60%), Islam (36%) (2010) Urban population: 33% (estimated, 2017) Life expectancy (male / female): 63/66 years (2018)…
May 11, 2021 Tanzania Development Policy National efforts To put Tanzania on its own two feet (‘self-reliance’) was one of the goals of Julius Nyerere’s Ujamaa policy. However, demand and…
May 10, 2021 Tanzania Economic Sectors Agriculture & Fisheries The agriculture is still far from a large proportion (30% in 2017) of the gross domestic product of the agricultural state…
May 9, 2021 Tanzania Economy Overview Economy: system and politics The ‘ Ujamaa policy ‘ (Swahili: kinship, brotherhood) founded by Julius Nyerere became the epitome of African socialism. The policy…
May 8, 2021 Tanzania Foreign Policy For many donor countries, Tanzania is one of the continent’s “model pupils” and also enjoys a good reputation among other African governments as a…
May 7, 2021 Tanzania Human Rights and Media Human rights The human rights situation in Tanzania was also affected by the conflicts in and around Zanzibar. Anyone from Pemba, the stronghold of…
May 6, 2021 Tanzania Parties and Elections The programmatic differences between the political parties in Tanzania are not very marked. On the mainland, which makes up 80% of the electoral districts,…
May 5, 2021 Tanzania Political System The legal system of Tanzania is based on the example of Great Britain, but there is a local pluralism of legal systems in which…
May 4, 2021 Tanzania History National symbols The most important symbols of national importance are united in the national coat of arms (Nembo) of Tanzania: The flag is the…
May 3, 2021 Tanzania Cities and Infrastructure Cities and Infrastructure About 57 million people live in Tanzania. After 10 years, another census took place at the end of 2012. With 50…
May 2, 2021 Tanzania Geography Natural space and climate Tanzania is located in the (core) tropics of East Africa. However, only the narrow coastal strip along the Indian Ocean,…
May 1, 2021 Tanzania Overview Tanzania is located in eastern Africa, below the equator. The mainland of Tanzania is also called Tanganyika and, together with the part of Zanzibar,…
