| Tanzania’s
wildlife parks and reserves can be
broadly categorized into three
regions:
The "northern circuit"
includes the best known and most visited
of the Tanzanian national parks -
Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro
Crater and Serengeti. The mountain
parks, Mount Kilimanjaro and Arusha,
with Mount Meru, offer spectacular
climbing and trekking.
The “southern circuit”
consists of seven parks and reserves.
The most stunning parks in this region
are the recently gazetted Saadani
National Park which offers a unique
combination of beach and bush as well
as the Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha
National Park, which have an unspoiled
atmosphere that reflect their remote
locations. |
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The extremely
remote and rarely visited parks in
the west include two famous
chimpanzee sanctuaries, Gombe Stream
National Park and Mahale Mountains
National Park, situated on Lake Tanganyika,
the 3rd deepest lake in the world
teeming in tropical fish.
Tanzania has a history embracing early
relics of mankind, the African explorers,
and exotic Zanzibar with its Arabian
influence which have shaped the Swahili
culture. Stone Town is the
old city and cultural heart of Zanzibar,
little changed in the last 200 years.
It is a place of winding alleys,
bustling bazaars,
mosques and grand
Arab houses whose original
owners vied with each other over the
extravagance of their dwellings. You
can spend many idle hours and days
just wandering through the fascinating
labyrinth of narrow streets and alleyways,
steeped in history
and a great place to experience this
culture. |
Full Country Name:
Area:
Population: |
Tanzania
886,037 sq km
37 million |
| Capital City: |
Dodoma |
People:
Language: |
Mainland: Bantu consisting
of more than 130 tribes 95%,
other 1%
Zanzibar: Arab, African
Kiswahili or Swahili (official),
English (official, primary language
of commerce, administration,
and higher education), Arabic
(widely spoken in Zanzibar),
numerous local languages |
| Religion: |
Mainland: Christian 30%, Muslim
35%, indigenous beliefs 35%
Zanzibar: more than 99% Muslim |
| Government: |
Republic |
| Head of State & Government: |
President Jakaya Kikwete |
| GDP: |
USD 27 billion |
| GDP per Capital: |
USD 700 |
| Annual Growth: |
5% |
| Inflation: |
4.3% |
| Major Industries: |
Agricultural processing (sugar,
beer, cigarettes, sisal twine);
diamond, gold, and iron mining,
salt, soda ash; cement, oil
refining, shoes, apparel, wood
products, fertilizer |
| Major Trading Partners: |
China, South Africa, Canada,
India, Netherlands, Japan, Kenya,
Germany, UK, UAE |
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