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World Gazetteer Results for Lulindi:
NameLulindi
Geographical TypeLocality
Population7807
Latitude
Longitude
CountryTanzania
Administrative DivisionMtwara
Dictionary Results for Tanzania:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Tanzania
    n 1: a republic in eastern Africa [syn: Tanzania, United
         Republic of Tanzania]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Tanzania

   Introduction Tanzania
   ---------------------
                            Background: Shortly after independence,
                                        Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to
                                        form the nation of Tanzania in 1964.
                                        One-party rule came to an end in
                                        1995 with the first democratic
                                        elections held in the country since
                                        the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-
                                        autonomous status and popular
                                        opposition have led to two
                                        contentious elections since 1995,
                                        which the ruling party won despite
                                        international observers' claims of
                                        voting irregularities.
  
   Geography Tanzania
   ------------------
                              Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian
                                        Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
                Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 35 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 945,087 sq km
                                        note: includes the islands of Mafia,
                                        Pemba, and Zanzibar
                                        water: 59,050 sq km
                                        land: 886,037 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than twice the size
                                        of California
                       Land boundaries: total: 3,402 km
                                        border countries: Burundi 451 km,
                                        Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km,
                                        Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km,
                                        Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
                             Coastline: 1,424 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: varies from tropical along coast to
                                        temperate in highlands
                               Terrain: plains along coast; central plateau;
                                        highlands in north, south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Kilimanjaro 5,895 m
                     Natural resources: hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron
                                        ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones,
                                        gold, natural gas, nickel
                              Land use: arable land: 4.24%
                                        permanent crops: 1.02%
                                        other: 94.74% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 1,550 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: flooding on the central plateau
                                        during the rainy season; drought
          Environment - current issues: soil degradation; deforestation;
                                        desertification; destruction of
                                        coral reefs threatens marine
                                        habitats; recent droughts affected
                                        marginal agriculture; wildlife
                                        threatened by illegal hunting and
                                        trade, especially for ivory
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Nuclear
                                        Test Ban
                      Geography - note: Kilimanjaro is highest point in
                                        Africa; bordered by three of the
                                        largest lakes on the continent: Lake
                                        Victoria (the world's second-largest
                                        freshwater lake) in the north, Lake
                                        Tanganyika (the world's second
                                        deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa
                                        in the southwest
  
   People Tanzania
   ---------------
                            Population: 37,187,939
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.6% (male 8,338,764;
                                        female 8,247,789)
                                        15-64 years: 52.5% (male 9,674,951;
                                        female 9,847,084)
                                        65 years and over: 2.9% (male
                                        483,760; female 595,591) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.6% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 39.12 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 13.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 77.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.7 years
                                        female: 52.67 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 50.76 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.33 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 8.09% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 1.3 million (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 140,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Tanzanian(s)
                                        adjective: Tanzanian
                         Ethnic groups: mainland - native African 99% (of
                                        which 95% are Bantu consisting of
                                        more than 130 tribes), other 1%
                                        (consisting of Asian, European, and
                                        Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, native
                                        African, mixed Arab and native
                                        African
                             Religions: mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim
                                        35%, indigenous beliefs 35%;
                                        Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
                             Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official),
                                        Kiunguju (name for Swahili in
                                        Zanzibar), English (official,
                                        primary language of commerce,
                                        administration, and higher
                                        education), Arabic (widely spoken in
                                        Zanzibar), many local languages
                                        note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the
                                        mother tongue of the Bantu people
                                        living in Zanzibar and nearby
                                        coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili
                                        is Bantu in structure and origin,
                                        its vocabulary draws on a variety of
                                        sources, including Arabic and
                                        English, and it has become the
                                        lingua franca of central and eastern
                                        Africa; the first language of most
                                        people is one of the local languages
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write Kiswahili (Swahili),
                                        English, or Arabic
                                        total population: 67.8%
                                        male: 79.4%
                                        female: 56.8% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Tanzania
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: United
                                        Republic of Tanzania
                                        conventional short form: Tanzania
                                        former: United Republic of
                                        Tanganyika and Zanzibar
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Dar es Salaam; note - legislative
                                        offices have been transferred to
                                        Dodoma, which is planned as the new
                                        national capital; the National
                                        Assembly now meets there on regular
                                        basis
              Administrative divisions: 25 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam,
                                        Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera, Kigoma,
                                        Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mara, Mbeya,
                                        Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba
                                        North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa,
                                        Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora,
                                        Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South,
                                        Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West
                          Independence: 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became
                                        independent 9 December 1961 (from
                                        UK-administered UN trusteeship);
                                        Zanzibar became independent 19
                                        December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika
                                        united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964
                                        to form the United Republic of
                                        Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed
                                        United Republic of Tanzania 29
                                        October 1964
                      National holiday: Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar),
                                        26 April (1964)
                          Constitution: 25 April 1977; major revisions
                                        October 1984
                          Legal system: based on English common law;
                                        judicial review of legislative acts
                                        limited to matters of
                                        interpretation; has not accepted
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Benjamin
                                        William MKAPA (since 23 November
                                        1995); Vice President Dr. Ali
                                        Mohammed SHEIN (since 5 July 2001);
                                        note - the president is both chief
                                        of state and head of government;
                                        Prime Minister Frederick SUMAYE
                                        (since NA) does not function as the
                                        head of government
                                        head of government: President
                                        Benjamin William MKAPA (since 23
                                        November 1995); Vice President Dr.
                                        Ali Mohammed SHEIN (since 5 July
                                        2001); note - the president is both
                                        chief of state and head of
                                        government; Prime Minister Frederick
                                        SUMAYE (since NA) does not function
                                        as the head of government
                                        note: Zanzibar elects a president
                                        who is head of government for
                                        matters internal to Zanzibar; Amani
                                        Abeid KARUME was elected to that
                                        office on 29 October 2000
                                        cabinet: Cabinet ministers,
                                        including the prime minister, are
                                        appointed by the president from
                                        among the members of the National
                                        Assembly
                                        election results: Benjamin William
                                        MKAPA reelected president; percent
                                        of vote - Benjamin William MKAPA
                                        71.7%, Ibrahim Haruna LIPUMBA 16.3%,
                                        Augustine Lyatonga MREME 7.8%, John
                                        Momose CHEYO 4.2%
                                        elections: president and vice
                                        president elected on the same ballot
                                        by popular vote for five-year terms;
                                        election last held 29 October 2000
                                        (next to be held NA October 2005);
                                        prime minister appointed by the
                                        president
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or
                                        Bunge (274 seats - 232 elected by
                                        popular vote, 37 allocated to women
                                        nominated by the president, five to
                                        members of the Zanzibar House of
                                        Representatives; members serve five-
                                        year terms); note - in addition to
                                        enacting laws that apply to the
                                        entire United Republic of Tanzania,
                                        the Assembly enacts laws that apply
                                        only to the mainland; Zanzibar has
                                        its own House of Representatives to
                                        make laws especially for Zanzibar
                                        (the Zanzibar House of
                                        Representatives has 50 seats,
                                        directly elected by universal
                                        suffrage to serve five-year terms)
                                        election results: National Assembly
                                        - percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - CCM 244, CUF 16,
                                        CHADEMA 4, TLP 3, UDP 2, Zanzibar
                                        representatives 5; Zanzibar House of
                                        Representatives - percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - CCM
                                        34, CUF 16
                                        elections: last held 29 October 2000
                                        (next to be held NA October 2005)
                       Judicial branch: Permanent Commission of Enquiry
                                        (official ombudsman); Court of
                                        Appeal (consists of a chief justice
                                        and four judges); High Court
                                        (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29
                                        judges appointed by the president;
                                        holds regular sessions in all
                                        regions); District Courts; Primary
                                        Courts (limited jurisdiction and
                                        appeals can be made to the higher
                                        courts)
         Political parties and leaders: Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo or
                                        CHADEMA [Bob MAKANI, chairman];
                                        Chama Cha Mapinduzi or CCM
                                        (Revolutionary Party) [Benjamin
                                        William MKAPA, chairman]; Civic
                                        United Front or CUF [Seif Sharif
                                        HAMAD, secretary-general];
                                        Democratic Party (unregistered)
                                        [Reverend Christopher MTIKLA];
                                        National Convention for Construction
                                        and Reform or NCCR [James MBATIA,
                                        secretary general]; Tanzania Labor
                                        Party or TLP [Augustine Lyatonga
                                        MREMA, chairman]; Union for
                                        Multiparty Democracy or UMD [leader
                                        NA]; United Democratic Party or UDP
                                        [John CHEYO]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO,
                         participation: G- 6, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
                                        ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
                                        ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, SADC, UN,
                                        UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
                                        UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mustafa
                                        Salim NYANG'ANYI
                                        chancery: 2139 R Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 797-7408
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 939-6125
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Robert
                                    US: V. ROYALL
                                        embassy: 140 Msese Road, Kinondoni
                                        District, Dar es Salaam
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 9123, Dar
                                        es Salaam
                                        telephone: [255] (22) 666010 through
                                        666015
                                        FAX: [255] (22) 666701
                      Flag description: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged
                                        black band from the lower hoist-side
                                        corner; the upper triangle (hoist
                                        side) is green and the lower
                                        triangle is blue
  
   Economy Tanzania
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Tanzania is one of the poorest
                                        countries in the world. The economy
                                        is heavily dependent on agriculture,
                                        which accounts for half of GDP,
                                        provides 85% of exports, and employs
                                        80% of the work force. Topography
                                        and climatic conditions, however,
                                        limit cultivated crops to only 4% of
                                        the land area. Industry is mainly
                                        limited to processing agricultural
                                        products and light consumer goods.
                                        The World Bank, the International
                                        Monetary Fund, and bilateral donors
                                        have provided funds to rehabilitate
                                        Tanzania's deteriorated economic
                                        infrastructure. Growth in 1991-2001
                                        featured a pickup in industrial
                                        production and a substantial
                                        increase in output of minerals, led
                                        by gold. Natural gas exploration in
                                        the Rufiji Delta looks promising and
                                        production could start by 2002.
                                        Recent banking reforms have helped
                                        increase private sector growth and
                                        investment. Continued donor support
                                        and solid macroeconomic policies
                                        should support steady real GDP
                                        growth of 5% in 2002 and 2003.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $22.1
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 5% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $610 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 48.4%
                                        industry: 16.7%
                                        services: 34.9% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 51.1% (1991 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2.8%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 30.1% (1993)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 38.2 (1993)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 13.495 million
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 80%, industry and
                                        services 20% (2000 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $1.01 billion
                                        expenditures: $1.38 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY00/01 est.)
                            Industries: primarily agricultural processing
                                        (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal
                                        twine), diamond and gold mining, oil
                                        refining, shoes, cement, textiles,
                                        wood products, fertilizer, salt
     Industrial production growth rate: 8.4% (1999 est.)
              Electricity - production: 2.765 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 18.08%
                                        hydro: 81.92%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 2.616 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 45 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: coffee, sisal, tea, cotton,
                                        pyrethrum (insecticide made from
                                        chrysanthemums), cashew nuts,
                                        tobacco, cloves (Zanzibar), corn,
                                        wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas,
                                        fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep,
                                        goats
                               Exports: $827 million (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: gold, coffee, cashew nuts,
                                        manufactures, cotton (2000)
                    Exports - partners: UK 22.0%, India 14.8%, Germany 9.9%,
                                        Netherlands 6.9% (2000)
                               Imports: $1.55 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: consumer goods, machinery and
                                        transportation equipment, industrial
                                        raw materials, crude oil
                    Imports - partners: South Africa 11.5%, Japan 9.3%, UK
                                        7.0%, Australia 6.2% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $6.8 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $963 million (1997)
                              Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
                         Currency code: TZS
                        Exchange rates: Tanzanian shillings per US dollar -
                                        924.70 (January 2002), 876.41
                                        (2001), 800.41 (2000), 744.76
                                        (1999), 664.67 (1998), 612.12 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
  
   Communications Tanzania
   -----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 127,000 (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 30,000 (1999)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: fair system
                                        operating below capacity and being
                                        modernized for better service; VSAT
                                        (very small aperture terminal)
                                        system under construction
                                        domestic: trunk service provided by
                                        open wire, microwave radio relay,
                                        tropospheric scatter, and fiber-
                                        optic cable; some links being made
                                        digital
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian
                                        Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)
                                Radios: 8.8 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3 (1999)
                           Televisions: 103,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .tz
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000)
                        Internet users: 115,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Tanzania
   -----------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,569 km
                                        narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-
                                        m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
                                        note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway
                                        Authority (TAZARA), which operates
                                        1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge
                                        track between Dar es Salaam and
                                        Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which
                                        969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km
                                        are in Zambia) is not a part of
                                        Tanzania Railways Corporation;
                                        because of the difference in gauge,
                                        this system does not connect to
                                        Tanzania Railways (2001)
                              Highways: total: 85,000 km
                                        paved: 4,250 km
                                        unpaved: 80,750 km (2001)
                             Waterways: note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake
                                        Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are
                                        principal avenues of commerce
                                        between Tanzania and its neighbors
                                        on those lakes
                             Pipelines: crude oil 982 km
                     Ports and harbors: Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa
                                        Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza,
                                        Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
                       Merchant marine: total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 21,987 GRT/27,121 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/
                                        cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll
                                        on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1
                                        (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 125 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 11
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 114
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 61
                                        under 914 m: 35 (2001)
  
   Military Tanzania
   -----------------
                      Military branches: Tanzanian People's Defense Force
                                         (including Army, Navy, and Air
                                         Force), paramilitary Police Field
                                         Force Unit (including Police Marine
                                         Unit and Police Air Wing),
                                         territorial militia
       Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 8,636,817 (2002
                                         est.)
    Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 4,997,257 (2002
                                service: est.)
          Military expenditures - dollar $19 million (FY01)
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of 0.2% (FY01)
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Tanzania
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Tanzania and Malawi maintain a
                                        largely dormant dispute over the
                                        boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
                                        and current location of historical
                                        boundary in the meandering Songwe
                                        River
                         Illicit drugs: growing role in transshipment of
                                        Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin
                                        and South American cocaine destined
                                        for South African, European, and US
                                        markets and of South Asian
                                        methaqualone bound for Southern
                                        Africa
  
                                       



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