About Tanzania
Tanzania is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is United Republic of Tanzania. In Arabic, the name is written تنزانيا, and the capital دودوما. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma. Dodoma lies at about 6° south and 36° east. Tanzania has 2 official languages: English and Swahili. Its currency is the Tanzanian Shilling, with the symbol Sh and the international code TZS.
Tanzania covers about 945,087 square kilometres, which puts it 30th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 8 countries: the DR Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Burundi, and Rwanda. The largest of these neighbours by area is the DR Congo. Other countries in East Africa include Ethiopia, Somalia, and Madagascar. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Tanzania with the other countries of the same region.