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Tanzania

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TANZANIA
TANZANIA

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

Tanzania - Country Information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

61 741 120 (2022) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

255

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

EAT

Internet country code

TZ

GRC Country Code

TAN

Tanzania - Number format

   Note: This section last updated 18th June 2021
   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

Tanzania - Date and time formats

   Note: This section last updated 18th June 2021
   dd/mm/yyyy
   14:32

Tanzania - Languages

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131 languages are spoken in Tanzania. The geographical distribution of these languages is complex. The official languages are English External (spoken mainly as a second language by about 1 500 000 people) and Swahili External (about 313 200 first-language and 23 000 000 second language speakers). Other widely spoken languages include Bena External (568 000 speakers); Chagga External (1 000 000 speakers); Gogo External (1 300 000 speakers); Ha External (800 000 speakers); Haya External (1 200 000 speakers); Hehe External (750 000 speakers); Kachchi External (778 000 speakers); Makonde External (900 000 speakers); Nyamwezi External (926 000 speakers); Nyaturu External (556 000 speakers); Ruguru External (520 000 speakers); Shambala External (550 000 speakers) and Sukumu (5 000 000 speakers).

Tanzania - Personal names and forms of address

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The forms of address and the way the name is formed differs throughout Tanzania. In coastal areas, for example, a married woman with children should be addressed as Mama followed by the name of one of her children. Given the number of children she may have, you can imagine the consequences for database matching operations. Other women adopt their husband’s family name upon marriage. In many areas, the form of address is followed only by the given name.

On Zanzibar, most people have Muslim names.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names External, surnames/family names External, family name prefixes External, forms of address External, job titles External

Tanzania - Address formats

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   Note: This section last updated 10th October 2020

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In rural areas the village name may be included on the line above the postal code. In urban areas an informal settlement name may be included above the line containing the postal code. The province and region may be included below the line containing the postal code. Examples:

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   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Tanzania - Post office box

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   Note: This section last updated 10th October 2020

This is written PO Box. Private Bag addresses are also found.

Tanzania - Postal codes

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   Note: This section last updated 10th October 2020

Tanzania’s National Addressing and Postcode System (NAPS) was finalised in 2016. The code has 5 digits. The postal code is written on the same line as, and before, the place name. The first digits indicate the region or a district of Dar es Salaam - please see the administrative districts section below.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Tanzania - Postal code format graphic

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Tanzania - Postal code format

Tanzania - Postal code specifics

Tanzania - Postal code regular expression

\A((11-12|14-17|21|23|25|27|30-31|33|35|37|39|41|43|45|47|50-51|53-55|57|59|61|63|65|67|71-75)\d{3,3})\Z

Tanzania - Postal code level of coverage

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Tanzania - Postal code map

Tanzania postal codes map

Place names in Tanzania

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   Note: This section last updated 16th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Tanzania for full lists of place names in Tanzania in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm External
   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm External

Tanzania - Administrative districts

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   Note: This section last updated 25th December 2018

Tanzania has 31 regions External (mkoa):

Region Postal code
Arusha External 22
Dar es Salaam External Ilala Central Business District 11; Ilala 12; Kinondori 14; Temeke 15; Ubungo 16; Kigamboni 17
Dodoma External 41
Geita External 30
Iringa External 51
Kagera External 35
Kaskazini Pemba External (Pemba North) 75
Kaskazini Unguja External (Zanzibar North) 73
Katavi External 50
Kigoma External 47
Kilimanjaro External 25
Kusini Pemba External (Pemba South) 74
Kusini Unguja External (Zanzibar South) 72
Lindi External 65
Manyara External 27
Mara External 31
Mbeya External 53
Mjini Magharibi External (Zanzibar West) 71
Morogoro External 67
Mtwara External 63
Mwanza External 33
Njombe External 59
Pwani External 61
Rukwa External 55
Ruvuma External 57
Shinyanga External 37
Simiyu External 39
Singida External 43
Songwe External 54
Tabora External 45
Tanga External 21

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Telephone numbers in Tanzania

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   Note: This section last updated 20th october 2015

Tanzanian area codes have 2 digits when called from abroad, subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have one of these area codes: 62, 65-68, 71, 73-79.

Properties with value Tanzania

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/ External 20230107

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