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Alfred Lasteck - BBC News, Dar es Salaam April 25, 2024 at 10:42 AM Many thousands have had to leave their homes, such as these people in the Coastal region earlier this month [Eagan Salla /BBC]
Heavy rains and flooding in recent weeks in Tanzania and the rest of East Africa have left some 155 people dead, authorities said. More than 200,000 others have been affected. Show comments
Samia Suluhu Hassan ( / sɑːmiɑː / / suluhu / / hɑːssɑːn / // ⓘ, SAH-mee-ah Soo-LOO-hoo HA-San; born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as president of Tanzania since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position. She previously served as vice-president of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021, from which ...
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
v. t. e. The president of the United Republic of Tanzania ( Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of government. [2] Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.
Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. [2] The town was founded by Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, in 1865 or 1866. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika, and Tanzania.
Demographics of Tanzania, Data of Our World in Data, year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions. The Bantu Sukuma are Tanzania 's largest ethnic group. According to the 2012 census, the total population was 44,928,923 compared to 12,313,469 in 1967, [2] : 1 resulting in an annual growth rate of 2.9 percent.
Gombe Stream National Park is a national park in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania, 16 km (10 mi) north of Kigoma, the capital of Kigoma Region. [2] Established in 1968, it is one of the smallest national parks in Tanzania, with only 35 km 2 (13.5 sq mi) of protected land along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.