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The Tanzania Media Women’s Association ( TAMWA) - Swahili: Chama cha Wanahabari Wanawake Tanzania (CHAWAHATA) - is a nonprofit non-governmental organization focused on women's rights and children's rights, [1] based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and they also keep an office in Zanzibar .
Geography of Tanzania. / 6.000°S 35.000°E / -6.000; 35.000. Tanzania comprises many lakes, national parks, and Africa 's highest point, Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m or 19,341 ft). Northeast Tanzania is mountainous, while the central area is part of a large plateau covered in grasslands.
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.
The Tanzania People’s Defence Force ( TPDF) ( Swahili: Jeshi la Ulinzi la Wananchi wa Tanzania) is the military force of the United Republic of Tanzania. It was established in September 1964, following a mutiny by the former colonial military force, the Tanganyika Rifles. From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops of the new TPDF that ...
Agriculture is the main part of Tanzania's economy. [1] As of 2016, Tanzania had over 44 million hectares of arable land with only 33 percent of this amount in cultivation. [citation needed] Almost 70 percent of the rich population live in rural areas, [2] and almost all of them are involved in the farming sector. [3]
Commercial banks in Tanzania National Microfinance Bank. This bank could probably constitute to the closest to state bank that the country has. The bank originated from the reconstruction of the NBC (National Bank of Commerce, through parliamentary Act after the mandate of the NBC was terminated following the monopoly it had in commercial banking in the country (Lindvert et al., 2018).
Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station ( JNHS; RHHP; Rufiji Hydroelectric Power Project; Stiegler's Gorge Dam) is a hydroelectric dam under construction across the Rufiji River in eastern Tanzania. Although controversial, the government approved the plans in 2018. The power station is expected to have an installed capacity of 2,115 megawatts ...
Law and Justice in Tanzania: Quarter of a Century of the Court of Appeal. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers. ISBN 9987-449-43-3. Elizabeth Sleeman, ed. (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. London: Europa Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-85743-217-7. Richard Fitzwilliams, ed. (1980). The International Who's Who 1981.