Tanzania is well located in East Africa, with Dar es Salaam port serving as a gateway for eight landlocked countries. By landmass, Tanzania is one of the largest countries in Africa, (13th), making it larger than nearby Kenya. It also boasts some of Africa’s most renowned tourist attractions – Serengeti, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Indian Ocean coastline – making tourism big business for the nation and employing over half a million Tanzanians.
6th largest population on the continent (50.8 million)
Africa’s third largest producer of gold
Dar es Salaam port is the fourth largest port on Africa’s eastern seaboard
44 million hectares of arable fertile land
Recent discovery of 46.5 trillion cubic feet of offshore natural gas
Politically stable, with a national security score of 90% on the Ibrahim Index of African Governance
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