Where is Tanzania?

The United Republic of Tanzania is located east of Africa. In 1964, Tanzania achieved independence from Britain where Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania.
 

Tribes

Tanzania was at one time a hunter- gatherer community until the Bantus arrived approximately 2000 years ago. Today, about 95% of Tanzanians belong to one of 130 Bantu tribes. The word 'bantu' means people in the 'bantu language' which is key to uniting these tribes together.  Though, it is believed that there is now over 140> Bantu languages spoken.

Today, the number of languages spoken throughout the United Republic of Tanzania is estimated to be over 100>, the two widespread languages are Swahili and English.
 

In 2010, 'UNESCO reported adult literacy rate to be 67.8%' (World Bank, 2014).


Religions

Reliable statistics on religious affiliation is difficult to obtain, since religious demography was removed from government censuses as of 1967, it is estimated through research that 40% of the country's population is Christian, and an equal amount of 40% are Muslims. The remaining 20% are believed to be atheists, Buddhist, Hindu and Sikhs.
 

Ethnic Groups

There are 120 ethnic groups in Tanzania. The Largest of these groups is believed to be 'The Sukama' tribe, 'taking up 16% of the country's population', and the second largest being 'The Nyamwezi tribe'.

Population