Dodoma
23 °C
  • Pressure: 1009 hPa
  • Humidity: 74 %
  • Clounds: 100%
  • light rain
Tomorrow
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  • Humidity: 62 %
  • Clouds: 98%
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Sunday
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  • Clouds: 97%
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Monday
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  • Clouds: 87%
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Tuesday
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  • Clouds: 23%
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Tanzania

Coordinates: 6°18′25″S 34°51′14″E / 6.307°S 34.854°E / -6.307; 34.854

Tanzania /ˌtænzəˈnə/, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south; and the Indian Ocean to the east. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.

Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Tanzania's population of 51.82 million (2014) is diverse, composed of several ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. Tanzania is a presidential constitutional republic, and since 1996, its official capital has been Dodoma, where the President's Office, the National Assembly, and some government ministries are located.Dar es Salaam, the former capital, retains most government offices and is the country's largest city, principal port, and leading commercial centre.

Tanzania (genus)

Tanzania is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with three described species that all occur in the Mkomazi Game Reserve of Tanzania.

Description

These minute spiders range in body length from 1.5 to 3 mm. Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker.

Relationships

This genus is related to the genera Euophrys and Talavera.

Name

The genus name is derived from Lilliput, a land in Jonathan Swift's book Gulliver's Travels that is inhabited by minute people.

Species

  • Lilliput minutus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
  • Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
  • Lilliput pusillus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
  • References

  • Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae). Trop. Zool. 13: 11-127. PDF (with description of all species)
  • External links

  • Diagnostic drawings of the three species
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    Following the success of the extended well test, the Company flowed significant quantities of helium to surface and filed a Mining Licence ("ML") application with the Tanzania Mining Commission in September 2024.
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    She asked the Government to learn from the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, Qatar, Tanzania, Bostwana, Angola, and Eritea, who reviewed their mining laws and contracts to get up to 50 per cent in their national interest.
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    It depends mainly on the company’s helium project in Tanzania, with that rare gas being short in supply and high in demand. So far, the company has a mining licence offer, but there’s further approvals process still to come ... .
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    Shareholders will also be hoping for good news about its other — so-called “flagship” — project in Tanzania. On 3 March, the group announced that it had received an offer of a mining licence from the government.
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    On 28 February 2025, theCompany received an offer letter for the requested ML from the Mining Commission in Tanzania for the grant of an ML for the southern Rukwa Helium Project ... In Tanzania, we ...
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