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A prominent destination for adventures including safaris, the United Republic of TANZANIA (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is a country situated in Eastern Africa and west of the Indian Ocean. There are 7 bordering countries: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. It also borders Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyasa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is located across from Lake Tanganyika. Worthwhile environmental destinations in Tanzania include the aforementioned lakes, Zanzibar and Pemba islands in the east, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti plain, and Olduvai Gorge. The current capital is Dodoma, and the former capital was located at Dar es Salaam. The currency is the Tanzanian Shilling, and its ISO 4217 currency code is TZS.
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