TANZANIA

GROUP—14

HIMANSHU TRIPATHI (14)

PRIYA THOMBRE (54)

MALVIKA PATEL (34)

Geography

TANZANIA- OFFICIALLY THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF

TANZANIA

JAKAYA KIKWETE (PRESIDENT)

TANZANIA IS THE 13TH LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA AND

THE 31ST LARGEST IN THE WORLD,

IT IS BORDERED BY KENYA ,UGANDA (NORTH)

RWANDA, BURUNDI (WEST)

ZAMBIA, MALAWI, AND MOZAMBIQUE (SOUTH)

AND THE INDIAN OCEAN TO THE EAST.

CAPITAL -- DODOMA

Largest city -- Dar es Salaam

Official languages -- Swahili , English

Demonym -- Tanzanian

Government -- Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Area Total -- 947,303 km2

Population 2014 estimate -- 47.4 million

Currency-- Tanzanian shilling (TZS) .1 Tanzanian Shilling

equals 0.034 Indian Rupee

The country is the site of Africa's highest and lowest

points:

Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above

sea level,and the floor of Lake Tanganyika, at 352 metres

(1,155 ft) below sea level, respectively.

Demography Population 2014 estimate -- 47.4 million

The under 15 age group represented44.1 percent of the

population

Approximately 70 percent of the population is rural,

Around 99 percent of Tanzanians are of African descent

The population also includes people of Arab, Indian, and

Pakistani origin, and small European and Chinese

communities.

Muslim and Christian communities are in majority each

accounting for 30 to 40 percent of the population.

other religious groups such as Buddhists, Hindus, and Bahá

are in minority.

literacy rate 67.8 percent

life expectancy at birth was 61 years.

ECONOMY GDP (PPP) Total $86.4 billion

GDP (nominal) Total $36.6 billion

Tanzania's largest trading partners in exports were South

Africa, Switzerland, and China. In imports Switzerland, China, and the United Arab Emirates being the biggest

partners.

The Tanzanian economy is heavily based on

agriculture(24.5) Industry and construction(22.2) Travel and tourism(12.7) which contribute approx 60% of GDP.

Maize IS the largest food crop.

Politics

Tanzania is a one party dominant state with the Chama

Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in power.

The CCM holds approximately 75 percent of the seats in

the assembly

The parliament of Tanzania consists of two parts: the

president and the National Assembly

The president appoints a prime minister,

30% seats are reserved for women in national assembly

Tanzania is divided into thirty regions (mkoa)-- twenty-

five on the mainland and five in Zanzibar.

Trade link INDIA & TANZANIA

Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of

Fiscal Evasion. further updated in 2011.

Trade agreement(2000)

Air Services Agreement (2006)

MOU for Cooperation in the field of Agriculture (2002)

Major indian investors include RIL, Bharati Airtel, TATA

international,BOI,BOB and LIC India

In 1997 the Tanzania government privatised its two pharmaceutical

industries, TPI and Keko

Most of the APIs are imported from India and China.

CONTI…….

Number of INDIAN drugs registered by TFDA by 2008 is 1778 (highest)

Pharmaceutical products from India dominate the share of drugs in

the local market registered by the Tanzania food and drugs

administration.