Ethnic symbols
| Name: | Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) |
| Local name (Swahili): | Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) |
| Bordering countries: | Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 945.1 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 35 922 ths. |
| Capitals: | official - Dodoma, real - Dar es Salaam |
| Official languages: | Swahili, English |