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Kilimanjaro calling: Journey to the roof of Africa offers lesson in humility
Sports Editor Chris Wristen spent June 6-12 climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The following is an excerpt from his travel journal.... More
Tanzania: Reputed Bus Company is No More
Once the largest provider of inter-city bus transportation in Tanzania, Scandinavia Express Services, is no more, The Citizen can authoritatively reveal.... More
RETRO: Nadia's 'Perfect 10'
Dateline: July 1976 (29/07/2010 13:10:30)... More
Street children excel in soccer
It may seem that only rich Filipinos are interested in soccer. Only residents of condominium apartments in Makati and Fort Bonifacio and the posh subdivisions in Makati and Alabang were waking up at 2:30 a.m. to watch some of the crucial games in the recent World Cup in South Africa. Among other reasons, they were the only ones who could afford Skycable or the Balls channel which transmitted ...... More
How a very British cuppa left its rivals gasping and became a top name in tea
LIKE one of its own delivery vans easing along a Dales lane, Yorkshire Tea is gaining ground. Its rivals may once have characterised it as a quaint little business in a quiet part of the country but no-one could say that today. (29/07/2010 11:34:55)... More
Tanzania Map

Latitude: -6.36903 Longtitude: 34.88882

Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique

Border Countries:
Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Terrain:
plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south

Geography:
Kilimanjaro is highest point in Africa; bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa in the southwest

Capital:
Dar es Salaam

About Tanzania
Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.

Population:
40213160

Language:
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

Religion:
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim

Phone Service:
telecommunications services are inadequate; system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; small aperture terminal (VSAT) system under construction

Currency:
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)

Climate:
varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands

Natural Hazards:
flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought