Get to know Tanzania! Get the facts about its land, products and culture.

Official name: United Republic of Tanzania

Size: 365,755 square miles (947,300square kilometers); about twice the size of California

Population: 42,746,620 as of 2011

Population Under Age 14: 42%

Capital: Dar es Salaam

Official Language: Swahili and English

Literacy Rate(businesses):   69.4%Climate: Ranging from tropical to chilly

Products: Coffee, cotton, tobacco, tea, cloves, cashew nuts, sugarcane, coconuts, diamonds, gold, iron, wood products, fertilizer, salt

Currency: Tanzanian shilling

Religion: Native beliefs = 35%, Muslim = 35%, Christian = 30%