Country area (aprox)
Country code
Country domain
Botanical Gardens
Forests
Zoos

National Languages
Kiswahili or Swahili, Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar)
English (primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education)
Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
Note: 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
it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa
The first language of most people is one of the local languages

National Currency
Tanzanian Shilling
TZS

National Animal
Giraffe

National Bird
the grey crowned crane

National Flower
The Eastern African Clove tree flower bud (Syzygium aromaticum)

National Fruit


Bordering countries
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia