Tanzania

Tanzania

Food

• wali [rice]
• ugali [maize porridge]
• chapati [bread]
• nyama choma [grilled meat]
• mshikaki [marinated beef]
• samaki [fish]

Famous people from Tanzania

Kitty p6m

Famine and Droughts

There is a severe hunger crisis in Tanzania at the moment. Seasonal rains have not come and crops are dying. Sadly many children have died of malnutrition and hunger.

There aren't many famous people from Tanzania, but here are a few:

• Freddie Mercury [singer]
• Diamond Platnumz [singer]
• Hasheem Thabet [basketball player]
• Jakaya Kikwete [world leader]
• Rachel Luttrell [TV actress]

Education

Ugali

There is a major lack of education in Tanzania.

Religion

Basics

Some education setbacks for children in Tanzania:

• Some parents can't pay school fees.
• There are not enough schools in Tanzania.
• Some places are miles away from schools.

Population: 49. 35 million

Capital: Dodoma

President: John Magufuli

Famous landmark: Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Nile.

Rivers: Pangani, Rufiji and Great Ruaha.

Freddie Mercury

Rachel Luttrell

Geography

Culture

Tanzania is in Africa. The largest city is Dar es Salaam. It's official name is The United Republic of Tanzania. Their currency is Tanzanian shilling. Tanzania is the largest country in Eastern Africa. Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa.

1 third of Tanzanians are Christian.

The main religions in Tanzania are:

• Christianity
• Muslim
• Buddhism
• Hindu
• Islam
• Sikh

Tanzanians are very religious.

In most towns they don't have churches so they have mass outside.

Sunday mass

Dodoma

Thank you

Wildlife

Fennec Foxes

Language

The national language is Swahili

However there are many other languages spoken there. Swahili is also known as Kiswahili.

Clothes

Tanzanian women wear lots of beads the more beads they wear the richer they are. They wear lots of bright colours.

Tradition

Their traditional dance is called the Ngoma. It is a very important dance to Tanzanian people.

Thank you for listening to my presentation. I hope you enjoyed it and realise how lucky we are compared to the Tanzanians.

Weather and Climate

The flag

• {Jun-Sep}
• Weather is cooler and dry.
• {Oct-Feb}
• Weather is hot and humid.
• {Mar-May}
• Heavy rain and monsoons.

Elephants

Where is Tanzania?

Tanzania is mostly desert and sand.

The colours

Green- vegetation

Yellow- wealth

Black- native people of Tanzania

Blue- lakes and rivers

The flag was adopted by Tanzania in 1964.

It was adopted to replace the individual flags

of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

The main 5 animals are:

• Elephants
• Rhinos
• Lions
• Leopards
• Buffalo

Tanzania is a fantastic place for safaris. In the north there is the Serengeti which has some of the highest wildlife consentration in the country. The south is home to Ruaha National Park.

Zebra

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Houses

Uganda, Kenya and Zambia boarder Tanzania. Tanzania is right beside the Indian Ocean. There are 31 cities in Tanzania.

Leopard

Map of Tanzania

traditional house

typical modern houses

Some houses are very small and some houses are huge. Tanzania has developed a serious urban housing shortage. Which means lots of children and babies are homeless.

Lions

Baby Fennec Fox