Where in the World is Tanzania?

... (and other fun facts)


- Located in eastern Africa
- Approx 39000000 citizens
- About 50% larger than Saskatchewan
- Gained independence in 1964
- Shares the largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria, with Kenya & Uganda (2nd largest freshwater lake in the world)
- Second deepest lake in the world (Lake Tanganyika
- Over 1/3 of the country protected as parks, game reserves & conservation areas.
- Sunrise around 6:30am and sunset at 6:45pm. 12 hours of daylight year round.
- Life expectancy at birth: ~50 years
- Less than 200000 phone landlines compared to 6000000+ cell phones.
- GMT +3 (9 hours difference from Saskatchewan)
- Approx 8% of the population is believed to have HIV/AIDS

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