Tanzania — country of Kilimanjaro, Serengeti and Zanzibar. 65 million inhabitants, 7 UNESCO sites.
- Kilimanjaro — Africa's highest mountain (5895 m) Freestanding volcano. 7 days climbing without technical equipment. 30,000 people try annually, 50% reach the summit.
- Serengeti — Great Migration 1.5 mn wildebeest + 250,000 zebras migrate annually between Tanzania and Kenya (Maasai Mara). World's largest mammal migration.
- Ngorongoro Crater — world's largest intact caldera 260 km². UNESCO. 25,000 large animals in the crater alone.
- Zanzibar — island unknown to Western world until 1964. Capital Stone Town UNESCO — famous slave trade in 19th c. Today tourism + spices (cinnamon, nutmeg).
- Tanzania is the 1st country in the world with 22% of territory protected Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Selous (UNESCO), Gombe (J. Goodall's chimpanzees).
- Official language: Swahili (plus English). Swahili is a mix of Arabic (40% vocabulary) + Bantu. Most common language in East Africa (200 mn speakers).
- Tanzania has the oldest traces of Homo sapiens Olduvai Gorge — primitive humanity 1.9 mn years ago. Mary and Louis Leakey discovered (1950s).
- Stone Town on Zanzibar — UNESCO Mix of Arabic + Persian + Indian + European architecture. Coral houses, carved doors (Zanzibar doors = symbol).
- Tanzania has 7 UNESCO sites Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro NP, Stone Town, Selous Game Reserve, Kilwa Kisiwani Ruins, Kondoa Rock-Art.
- Swahili was the 1st African language with textbooks in 19th c. Widely used in Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Burundi, Comoros. UN has Swahili Day (July 7).
Sources: National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania, Tanzania Tourist Board, UNESCO World Heritage.