T a n Z a n I a

T a n Z a n I a

Phylum ChordataHippopotamus

Phylum ArthropodaCoconut Crab

Phylum CnideriaPortuguese Man of War

Phylum MolluscaGiant African Land Snail

Phylum EchinodermataRed Knobbed Sea Star

Native Animals

One of the most aggressive animals on Earth

Tusks sharpen themselves

Kill more humans every year than sharks

Herbivores

Stomachs can’t digest meat yet are cannibalistic

HIPOPOTAMUS

MAP -- TANZANIA

AGRICULTURE

Creates over 50% of income.

Provides employment for ¾ of population.

97% of Tanzania’s food from agriculture.

Over 75% is fruit, vegetable, or spice.

PERCENTAGES

Main export is coffee

Clove

Cashews

Tea

Tobacco

Cotton

EXPORTS

Mangoes

Passion Fruit

Usually exported as fresh

Sometimes exported as dried and packaged

Fruits

P O P U L A T I O N

48 MILLION PEOPLE

DENSITY55 people per square mile

Over 50% live in the westMost live in povertyOver 50% live in rural area

DEMOGRAPHICSDISTRIBUTION

ECONOMY

What is a Socialist Economy?

Their form of currency is the Tanzanian Shilling

$28.25 billion

GDP

G o v e r n m e n t

System

Constitutional Republic

Tanzania has 2

Dar es Salaam (Administrative)

Dodoma (Legislative)

F A C T SCapital

• Elected 2005

• Serves a 5 year term

• Next election 2015

• 4th president

Jakaya Kikwete

Swahili is official Language99% of the population is AfricanOver 130 Bantu tribes in Tanzania1/3 of the population is Muslim1/3 of the population is Christian1/3 of the population hold their own native

religionsGained independence from Britain in 1961

Culture

Contains tropical wet and Tropical DryHas dry and wet season instead of winter and

summerLess than 4 inches of rain in dry season30-40 inches in wet season

Climate

Great Migration

The largest migration in the world

Caused by change in season

Animals migrate to find food

2 million animals migrate each year

Over 100 thousand animals die every year