Tanzania is an East African country home to the continent’s highest mountain – Kilimanjaro – and the world’s second-deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika. It also includes the Zanzibar Archipelago, several islands – sometimes called the “spice islands” – in the Indian Ocean. More on Tanzania.
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Capital: Dodoma (legislative capital), Dar es Salaam
Population: 65,642,682 (2023 est.)
Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja
National Holiday: Union Day, 26 April (1964)
