_#_Disputes: boundary dispute with Malawi in Lake Nyasa;
Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be
indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the
Zaire-Zambia boundary has been settled
_#_Climate: varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands
_#_Terrain: plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north,
south
_#_Natural resources: hydropower potential, tin, phosphates,
iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
_#_Land use: arable land 5%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures
40%; forest and woodland 47%; other 7%; includes irrigated NEGL%
_#_Environment: lack of water and tsetse fly limit agriculture; recent
droughts affected marginal agriculture; Kilimanjaro is highest point in
Africa
_*_People
_#_Population: 26,869,175 (July 1991), growth rate 3.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 50 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 105 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 50 years male, 55 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun--Tanzanian(s); adjective--Tanzanian
_#_Ethnic divisions: mainland--native African consisting of well over
100 tribes 99%; Asian, European, and Arab 1%
_#_Religion:
mainland--Christian 33%, Muslim 33%, indigenous beliefs 33%;