africa • TZA
Tanzania
Location marker · geographic overview
6° S / 35° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Population
- 68,560,157 2024
- Area
- 947,303 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Swahili
- Currency
- Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Tanzania
Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa. From the picture-perfect coasts of Zanzibar to the world-renowned wildlife of the Serengeti, from the snowy slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to the coral houses of Mikindani, Tanzania is the heart and soul of East Africa. Tanzania has several national parks and game reserves, where you can see some of the finest African flora and fauna.
Landscape & landmarks
Ngorongoro Conservation Area also hosts an abundance of wildlife, particularly in the Ngorongoro crater. Formed by the same volcanic activity that generated Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley, Ngorongoro consists of the highlands around the crater (rich in elephants) and the crater itself (similar animals to Serengeti, but at higher densities and with a small population of black rhino).Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
If there is anything that can be called Tanzania's national dish, then Ugali would most likely win out. A polenta-style dish made with corn flour, it accompanies cooked meat and a variety of stews, and it's eaten with your hands. Recipes vary from village to village, and everyone has their own way of making it.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-03. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +255
- Internet domain
- .tz
- Land border codes
- BDI, COD, KEN, MWI, MOZ, RWA, UGA, ZMB
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .tz. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.