Tanzania was formed in 1964, shortly after becoming independent from Britain and is an amalgamation of what were Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Tanzania has an area of over 945,000 square kilometres and is bordered by Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. The population of just over 40 million are largely dependent on agriculture and tourism for their living.
As with much of sub-Saharan Africa, there is a constant fight against poverty and disease, particularly HIV/AIDS.
