4 EXPLORING DAR ES SALAAM A family visits the National Museum in Dar es Salaam They see exhibits important to Tanzanian culture and human history The family then heads to the bustling Kariakoo Market Colorful stalls are packed tightly along the city streets They sell everything from spices and food to clothing and home goods The family buys souvenirs
OTHER TOP SITES KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK SELOUS GAME RESERVE THE OLD FORT For a street food lunch they visit Coco Beach Fried cassava with cabbage salad and mshikaki or grilled meat skewers make a tasty meal They drink fresh squeezed sugarcane juice as they stroll along the sandy beach Local musicians play muziki wa dansi This is Tanzania 5
6 LOCATION RWANDA BURUNDI LAKE TANGANYIKA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO UGANDA ZAMBIA LAKE VICTORIA MWANZA TANZANIA WHAT'S IN A NAME The name Tanzania combines two names The mainland was called Tanganyika It united with Zanzibar to become Tanzania in 1964 MALAWI LAKE NYASA KENYA DODOMA ARUSHA MOZAMBIQUE
N INDIAN OCEAN -ZANZIBAR W E S DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania is located in eastern Africa It covers 365,755 square miles 947,300 square kilometers The capital Dodoma lies in the central region Lake Tanganyika fills the border between mainland Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi and Rwanda lie to the northwest Uganda and Kenya are northern neighbors Lake Victoria lies where the three nations meet The Indian Ocean stretches along the east Many islands including the Zanzibar Archipelago lie near the coast Mozambique Lake Nyasa Malawi and Zambia surround the southern and southwestern border 7