TANZANIA
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LAND
939,652 km2 (including islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, 2,642 km2); 6% inland water, 15% cultivated, 31% grassland, 48% bush forest, woodland; on mainland, 60% arable, of which 40% cultivated on islands of Zanzibar and Pemba
Land boundaries: 3,883 km
WATER
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 50 nm
Coastline: 1,424 km (this includes 113 km Mafia Island; 177 km Pemba Island; and 212 km Zanzibar)
PEOPLE
Population: 19,868,000 (July 1982), average annual growth rate 3.2%
Nationality: noun—Tanzanian(s); adjective—Tanzanian
Ethnic divisions: 99% native Africans consisting of well over 100 tribes; 1% Asian, European, and Arab
Religion: Mainland—40% Animist, 30% Christian, 30% Muslim; Zanzibar—almost all Muslim
Language: Swahili official, English primary language of commerce, administration and higher education; Swahili widely understood and generally used for communication between ethnic groups; first language of most people is one of the local languages
Literacy: 61%
Labor force: 456,000 in paid employment, over 90% in agriculture
Organized labor: 15% of labor force
GOVERNMENT
Official name: United Republic of Tanzania
Type: republic; single party on the mainland and on Zanzibar
Capital: Dar es Salaam
Political subdivisions: 25 regions—20 on mainland, 5 on Zanzibar islands
Legal system: based on English common law, Islamic law, customary law, and German civil law system; permanent constitution adopted 1977, replaced interim constitution adopted 1965; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; legal education at University of Dar es Salaam; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday: "Union Day," 26 April
Branches: President Julius Nyerere has full executive authority on the mainland; National Assembly dominated by Nyerere and the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary Party); National Assembly consists of 233 members, 72 from Zanzibar, of which 10 are directly elected, 65 appointed from the mainland, plus 96 directly elected from the mainland; Vice President Aboud Jumbe (President of Zanzibar) and the Revolutionary Council still run Zanzibar except for certain specifically designated union matters
Government leaders: President Julius K. NYERERE; Prime Minister Cleopa D. MSUYA
Suffrage: universal over 18
Political party and leaders: Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary Party), only political party, dominated by Nyerere and Vice President Jumbe, his top lieutenant; party was formed in 1977 as a result of the earlier union of the Tanganyika African National Union, the sole mainland party, and the Afro-Shirazi Party, the only party in Zanzibar
Voting strength (October 1980 national elections): close to 7 million registered voters; Nyerere received 93% of about 6 million votes cast; general elections scheduled for late 1985
Communists: a few Communist sympathizers, especially on Zanzibar
Member of: AFDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, NAM,OAU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY
Mainland:
GDP: $4.6 billion (1979), $271 per capita; real growth rate, 3.7% (1979)
Agriculture: main crops—cotton, coffee, sisal on mainland
Major industries: primarily agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond mine, oil refinery, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products
Electric power: 275,000 kW capacity (1980); 964 million kWh produced (1980), 51 kWh per capita
Exports: $684 million (f.o.b., 1979); coffee, cotton, sisal, cashew nuts, meat, diamonds, cloves, tobacco, tea
Imports: $1,194 million (f.o.b., 1979); manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, cotton piece goods, crude oil, foodstuffs
Major trade partners: exports—China, UK, Hong Kong, India, US; imports—UK, China, West Germany, US, Japan
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