Capital:Dar es Salaam
Population:36,766,356
Area:945,087 sq km
Climate:varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Languages: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
Currency:Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Government:republic
Religions:mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
