{"id":16831,"date":"2026-03-14T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16831"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:36:54","slug":"tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tanzania Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India has dispatched a consignment of essential life-saving medicines to Tanzania as humanitarian assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tanzania<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an <\/span><b>East African c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ountry situated just south of the Equator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares borders with eight countries: Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Border:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The eastern border of Tanzania meets the <\/span><b>Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dar es Salaam (administrative captial), Dodoma (legislative capital).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Tanzania<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate type:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tropical, with a long dry season and two rainy seasons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lake Victoria (the world\u2019s second-largest freshwater lake, shared with Uganda and Kenya) in the north, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lake-tanganyika\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Lake Tanganyika<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the west, and <\/span><b>Lake Nyasa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b> <b>Mount Kilimanjaro<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Great Ruaha, Rufiji, and Kagera rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Islands: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes <\/span><b>Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all located off the eastern coast in the Indian Ocean<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-dispatches-essential-life-saving-medicines-to-shree-hindu-mandal-hospital-in-tanzania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania is an East African country situated just south of the Equator. 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