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Area > Comparative slightly larger than twice the size of California
Area > Land	886,037 sq km		[32nd of 238]
Area > Total	945,087 sq km		[37th of 250]
Capital city with population Dar es Salaam (administrative) - 1,360,850; Dodoma (official) - 45,807
Climate varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
Forested Land	43.9%		[52nd of 193]
Geographic coordinates	6 00 S, 35 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
Land use > Arable land	4.23%		[157th of 258]
Largest city Dar Es Salaam
Largest city population	1,747,000		[59th of 174]
Largest city with population	Dar es Salaam - 1,360,850
Location Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Map references Africa
Natural resources hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
Population density	35.29 people per sqkm		[161st of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	43.38 people/m²		[138th of 204]
Precipitation	1,148 mm		[26th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	945,090 km²		[30th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Kilimanjaro

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