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tanzania*

H.E. Justice Semistocles H.E. Ed. Retired Chief Justice,
Kaijage, Chairman, NEC Mahamoud Hamid Chairman, (ZEC)

PArt i public of Tanzania was formed by the union of
Tanganyika and Zanzibar on 26 April, 1964.
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
In 1992, Multi-Partism was re-introduced in Tan-
1. Official Name
United Republic of Tanzania zania. Since its re-introduction, five General Elec-
tions have been conducted. The elections were
2. Government conducted in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015,
United Republic where various Political Parties participated in
those Elections.
3. Head of State Designation
President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli 10. Language (s)
Kiswahili and English (both official)
4. Head of government Designation
President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli 11. Literacy Levels
Male: 83.2% Female: 73.09%
5. Capital Total: 77.89%(2015)
Dodoma
PArt ii
6. Currency LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) LEGISLATURE
Tanzania’s population is diverse, composed of
many ethnic, linguistic and cultural groups. It has 1. Structure of National Legislature:
approximately 120 tribes, mostly of Bantu origin. Unicameral
There are also non-Bantu tribes such as the San-
dawe, Chaga, Masai, Hadzabe, Barbaig in Main- 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
land Tanzania; and Watumbatu, Wamakunduchi Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Na-
and Wapemba in Tanzania Zanzibar. Inspite of the tional Assembly)
presence of many tribes, Swahili is a unifying lan- 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
guage for all Tanzanians and it is spoken through- nomin ated
out the country. Total of 393 Members of Parliament, which was

8. Date of Independence obtained as follows:
Tanganyika 1961 (from UK-administered UN trust- (i) Members of Parliament elected to represent
eeship), Zanzibar 1963 (from UK). The United Re- Constituencies 264, of which 214 are from

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