Tanzania

Capital:	Dar es Salaam (de facto administrative capital), Dodoma (national capital); note: Dodoma, designated the national capital in 1996, serves as the meeting place for the National Assembly and is thus the legislative capital; Dar es Salaam (the original national capital) remains the de facto capital, the country’s largest city and commercial center, and the site of the executive branch offices and diplomatic representation
Population:	63,852,892 (2022 est.)
Land Area:	885,800 km²
Religions:	Christian 63.1%, Muslim 34.1%, folk religion 1.1%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified 1.6% (2020 est.); note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim
Languages:	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (the name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages; note – Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births:	30.87 (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	70.19 (2022 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP):	USD $2,600 (2020 est.); note: data are in 2017 dollars

Holy Childhood Association – 2022	Funding provided for projects: $63,000.00(USD)
Projects Funded:
	Ordinary Subsidy for Archdiocese of Songea Mgazini Parish in the Archdiocese of Songea Mkenda Parish in the Archdiocese of Songea Songea Parish in the Archdiocese of Songea Feeding Programmed for the Archdiocese of Songea Namtumbo Parish in the Archdiocese of Songea Ordinary Subsidy for Diocese of Sumbawanga St. Martin de Porres Orphanage Centre in the Diocese of Sumbawanga Radio Chemchemi in the Diocese of Sumbawanga Spiritual Formation for the Diocese of Sumbawanga Katandala Health Centre in the Diocese of Sumbawanga