United Republic of Tanzania

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Tanzania Profile

Tanzania has 52 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), 20 are publicly owned and 32 are privately owned and have been approved by the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU). Further, there are 1130 registered and accredited institutions providing technical and vocational education and training through the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET).

The United Republic of Tanzania (In swahili: Jamhuri you Muungano wa Tanzania) is an East African country. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. To the east, it is bounded by the Indian Ocean.

In 1964, the union of Zanzibar island, and mainland Tanganyika created the United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania). Tanganyika became independent from the British in December 1961, and Zanzibar gained freedom through a revolution on 12th January 1964.

The population of Tanzania is estimated at approximately 70.5 million and its official languages are Swahili (national) and English.

Tanzania is blessed with iconic tourism sites, which include 21 national parks, three of which are recorded in Guinness World Records: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park. The oldest known human fossils have been found in and around Olduvai Gorge (Oldupai) in northern Tanzania, an area that has been called “the cradle of mankind" and the a

Tanzania is the most linguistically diverse country in Africa, with approximately 120 ethnic groups and more than 100 local languages spoken.

Source:

https://www.tanzania.go.tz/

https://www.tanzaniatourism.go.tz/

https://www.de.tzembassy.go.tz/tanzania/brief-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania

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Tanzania Profile