Tanzania

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**Welcome kindergartners and your families to the homepage of Tanzania. Here you can find fun information about one of Africa's countries. Use the table of contents to guide your search on each page. To look at each page, use the toolbar at the top of each page. Enjoy!** ** TAN ZA NIA **



This shows words found in Tanzania's national anthem. The biggest words are used more, and the smallest words are used less.

**Fun Facts **Location: Africa Capital: Dodoma Population: 36,232,074 Nationality: Tanzanian Language: Swahili Religion: Christian, Muslim, Indigenous beliefs Government: Republican National Bird: Crowned Crane [|DiveTravel.Info, 2005]



**The Flag **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Tanzania flag was adopted on June 30, 1964. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Tanzanian flag has five stripes, which run diagonally. The four colors shown in the flag are green, yellow, black, and blue. Each color represents a something special about the country. The green represents the bountiful nature, agricultural activity, and the fertility of the soil. The yellow represents the country's mineral treasures. The black represents the people of Tanzania and the blue represents the the Indian Ocean, which forms a coastline to the country. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|MapsOfWorld, 2009]

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**<span class="wiki_link_ext">National Anthem **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In 1961, Tanzania was the first country in Africa to use the popular African song "God Bless Africa" as its anthem.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The lyrics are in Swahili, Tanzania's official language. Below are the lyrics to their national anthem in both Swahili and English (bolded). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|YouTube, 2009]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Mungu ibariki Afrika (God Bless Africa) <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Mungu ibariki Africa **(God Bless Africa)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Wabariki Viongozi wake **(Bless its leaders)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Hekima Umoja na Amani **(Let Wisdom Unity and)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Hizi ni ngao zetu **(Peace be the shield of)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Afrika na watu wake. **(Africa and its people)**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Ibariki Afrika **(Bless Africa)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Ibariki Afrika **(Bless Africa)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Tubariki watoto wa Afrika. **(Bless the children of Africa)**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Mungu ibariki Tanzania **(God Bless Tanzania)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Dumisha uhuru na Umoja **(Grant eternal Freedom and Unity)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Wake kwa Waume na Watoto **(To its sons and daughters)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Mungu Ibariki, **(God Bless)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Tanzania na watu wake. **(Tanzania and its People)**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Ibariki Tanzania **(Bless Tanzania)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Ibariki Tanzania **(Bless Tanzania)** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Tubariki watoto wa Tanzania. **(Bless the children of Tanzania)** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">[|LyricsOnDemand.com, 2011]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**References**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Images__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/tanzania-flag.html <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://eafri.blogspot.com/2010/10/art-from-zanzibar-and-tanzania.html <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://alum.mit.edu/travel/TravelSchedule/Tanzania2010/itinerary <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4519836.stm <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.rickshawtravels.com/home/leisure/country.php?c=Tanzania

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Websites__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">hooerwerf4106. (2009, March 9). Tanzanian national anthem- YouTube. //YouTube- broadcast yourself.//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiW3ITKNOI

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tanzania Fast Facts. (n.d.). //Dive travel - worldwide scuba diving, accommodations and services travel guide//. Retrieved <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> December 5, 2011, from http://www.divetravel.info/destinations/indianocean/tanzania_fastfacts.htm

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tanzania Flag. (n.d.). //World map, map of the world//. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from http://www.mapsofworld.com/tanzania <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> /information/flag.html

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tanzania National Anthem Lyrics-Tanzania national anthem. (n.d.). //Lyrics on demand//. Retrieved <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> December 5, 2011, from http://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/nationalanthemslyrics <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> /tanzanianationalanthemlyrics.html

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Created 11/28/2011 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Last Modified 12/07/11