Tanzania

Summary

Tanzania is a republic^[1]. Tanzania ranks in the top 9% of republic entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,881 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tanzania is identified as part of the Bantu people ethnic group^[3].
• Tanzania is in the country of Tanzania^[4].
• Tanzania's head of government is recorded as Samia Suluhu Hassan^[5].
• Tanzania is on the continent of Africa^[6].
• Tanzania's instance of is recorded as republic^[7].
• Tanzania's instance of is recorded as sovereign state^[8].
• Tanzania's instance of is recorded as country^[9].
• Tanzania's head of state is recorded as Samia Suluhu Hassan^[10].
• Tanzania's capital is recorded as Dodoma^[11].
• Tanzania's official language is recorded as Swahili^[12].
• Tanzania's official language is recorded as English^[13].
• Tanzania's currency is recorded as Tanzanian shilling^[14].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Kenya^[15].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Uganda^[16].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Rwanda^[17].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Burundi^[18].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Democratic Republic of the Congo^[19].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Zambia^[20].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Malawi^[21].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Mozambique^[22].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Lake Victoria^[23].
• Tanzania's shares border with is recorded as Seychelles^[24].
• Tanzania's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .tz^[25].
• Tanzania's anthem is recorded as Mungu ibariki Afrika^[26].
• Tanganyika is named after Tanzania^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include republic^[7], sovereign state^[8], and country^[9].

Origins

Things named after include Tanganyika^[27], a sovereign state^[28], founded in 1961^[29] and Zanzibar Islands^[30], a federated state^[31], founded in 1964^[32].

Influence

Things named for Tanzania include tanzanite^[33], a mineral variety^[34]; Tanzania craton^[35], a craton^[36]; and Tanzanian illadopsis^[37], a taxon^[38].

Why It Matters

Tanzania ranks in the top 9% of republic entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,881 views/month).^[2] Tanzania has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Tanzania is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Tanzania include tanzanite^[33], a mineral variety^[34]; Tanzania craton^[35], a craton^[36]; and Tanzanian illadopsis^[37], a taxon^[38].