Tanzania

Missionaries:  Richard & Pamela Smoak and Jim & Latitia Robertson
Tim & Carolyn Simoneaux founded the United Pentecostal Church of Tanzania in 1980.  According to the 2004 Field Report, the church has 7,476 constituents, 40 ministers, and 96 churches and preaching points.

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Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique
Size:
 945,087 sq. km. (slightly larger than twice the size of California)
Elevation varies from sea level to 5,895 meters
Population:
36,589,000 (approximately)
   * 0-14 years: 44.2%
   * 15-64 years: 53.2%
   * 65+ years: 2.6%
Average age: 17.5 years
Life expectancy: 44.5 years
HIV / AIDS: 8.8%
Religion:
Indigenous beliefs 35%
Muslim 35%
Christian 30%
Language:
Kiswahili or Swahili (official)
English (official)
Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar)
Government:
Republic
Capital:
Dar es Salaam (legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital)
Independence:
26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; renamed United Republic of Tanzania 29 October 1964