Tanzania (Capital: Dodoma)

Recently, the Zanzibar (Tanzania) campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras was formally launched.

Location

• It is an African country situated just south of the Equator.
• Dar es Salaam is the largest city and port city of this country.

Geography

• The mainland is bounded -
• ­By Uganda, Lake Victoria, and Kenya to the north.
• ­By the Indian Ocean to the east, by Mozambique, Lake Nyasa, Malawi, and Zambia to the south and southwest
• ­By Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, and Rwanda to the west.
• Highest Mountain: Mount Kilimanjaro which is located in northeastern Tanzania.
• Major Rivers: Ruvuma, Rufiji, Wami, and the Pangani (drain into the Indian Ocean).