Tim and Chris
Ministry to Tanzania
Ben
Rebuilding, restoring medical facilities
Population: 35,306,126 (More than twice the population of MN, ND, SD, IA, WI, and NE)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would
otherwise be expected (July 2000 est.)Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (male 7,970,453; female 7,883,442)
15-64 years: 52% (male 9,110,501; female 9,325,726)
65 years and over: 3% (male 463,889; female 552,115) (2000 est.)Population growth rate: 2.57% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 40.17 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 12.88 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:-1.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2000 est.)Infant mortality rate:80.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 52.26 years
male: 51.32 years
female: 53.23 years (2000 est.)Total fertility rate: 5.51 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Tanzanian(s)
adjective: TanzanianEthnic groups: mainland - native African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, native African,
mixed Arab and native AfricanReligions: mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources, including Arabic and English, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages.
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic
total population: 67.8%
male: 79.4%
female: 56.8% (1995 est.)
Minnesota at about the same scale
Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 35 00 E
Area:
total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and ZanzibarArea - comparative: size is same as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and about half of Nebraska
Land boundaries:
total: 3,402 km
border countries: Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 kmCoastline: 1,424 km
Climate: varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Terrain: plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 mNatural resources: hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
Land use:
arable land: 3%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 40%
forests and woodland: 38%
other: 18% (1993 est.)Irrigated land: 1,500 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: the tsetse fly; flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought
Environment - current issues: soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture
Geography - note: Kilimanjaro is highest point in Africa
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today,
so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Hebrews 3:13 NIV
Iron Range Christian Center
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