Benjamin William Mkapa
President

(pronounced "em-KA-pa")

"Transparency and accountability must now cease to be a condition [just] to be tolerated, but be perceived as a government's core function, to be cherished as party to a deepening culture of service to the people."

The United Republic of Tanzania was created by the formal union of Tanganyika, on the East African mainland, and the island nation of Zanzibar (comprised of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). Tanzania is bordered to the east by the Indian Ocean; to the north by Uganda and Kenya; to the west by Rwanda, Burundi, and Zaire; and to the south by Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. The national territory occupies a total area of 945,087 sq km (364,898 sq mi); over 99% of which is mainland Tanzania. The population of 37.2 million (July 2002 estimate) is largely rural, with only about 31% of the...