tanzanias principal port is africas largest
an estimated 70000 arabs and 10000 europeans lived in tanzania
 over 100 different languages are spoken in tanzania making it the most linguistically diverse country in east africa the country does not have a de jure official language although the national language is swahili which is used in parliamentary debate in the lower courts and as a medium of instruction in primary school spoken by up to 90 as a second language