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    Map of Tanzania

    United Republic of Tanzania

    Tanzania is located in East Africa. Below you can see where Tanzania sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Dodoma.

    Where Tanzania is located
    Outline of Tanzania
    Political map of Tanzania and neighboring countries
    Political map: Tanzania and its neighbors
    Reference map of Tanzania (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of Tanzania (CIA World Factbook)By Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of Tanzania
    Location map of TanzaniaBy Tanzania map-fr.svg: Sémhur / derivative work: Sémhur · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Tanzania on the globe
    Tanzania on the globeBy Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Map of the administrative divisions of Tanzania
    First-level administrative divisions of Tanzania

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    Administrative divisions of Tanzania

    Tanzania is divided into 30 regions.

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    • Arusha
    • Dar-Es-Salaam
    • Dodoma
    • Geita
    • Iringa
    • Kagera
    • Kaskazini-Pemba
    • Kaskazini-Unguja
    • Katavi
    • Kigoma
    • Kilimanjaro
    • Kusini-Pemba
    • Lindi
    • Manyara
    • Mara
    • Mbeya
    • Morogoro
    • Mtwara
    • Mwanza
    • Njombe
    • Pwani
    • Rukwa
    • Ruvuma
    • Shinyanga
    • Simiyu
    • Singida
    • Tabora
    • Tanga
    • Zanzibar South and Central
    • Zanzibar West

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Where is Tanzania?

    Tanzania lies in East Africa. Its geographic centre is at about 6.37° S, 34.89° E, and the capital, Dodoma, is at 6.18° S, 35.75° E.

    With 945,087 km², it is the 13th-largest of the 54 countries in Africa — about 3.9 times the size of the United Kingdom.

    Tanzania lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Neighbouring countries: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.

    Geography of Tanzania

    Continent
    Africa
    Region
    East Africa
    Area
    945,087 km²
    Geographic centre
    6.37° S, 34.89° E
    Capital (Dodoma)
    6.18° S, 35.75° E
    Size rank in Africa
    13 of 54
    Highest point
    Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m)
    Land borders
    8

    Bordering countries: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.