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United Rep. of Tanzania Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 32,614   Population 2000 (UN '000) 35,119
Area (km2) 891,021   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 99
Number of Administrative Units 90   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 362
Number of Urban Extents 58   Number of Settlement Points 56

United Rep. of Tanzania Details

Names
ISO3-Code TZA
Continent Africa
Country Name United Rep. of Tanzania
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Region
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 90
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 362
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2002
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 24,471
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 28,113
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 32,614
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 26,043
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 30,868
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 35,119
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 891,021
Average Input Resolution (km) 99
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 56
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,113,078
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 18,676
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 116,113
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 58
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 548
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 3
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 59
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 3,413
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,209,011
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 7,051
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 118,333
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,863,314
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 20%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 33%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 40
Regression-estimated Extents 22
Digital Chart of the World 2
Other 1
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2002 Population and Housing Census, Zimbabwe: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/censusf.html; Tanzania sensa 1988--1988 Population Census, Preliminary Report: http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/censuspreliminaryreport.pdf
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Spatial data provided by the University of Glasgow in Scotland, U.K. See homepage and Tanzania links: http://www.geog.gla.ac.uk/~mshand
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
AFCities, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
16 gazetted townships.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The population figures of several administrative units were aggregated in order to match boundaries of the shapefile (population units: 55 and shapefile units: 25). The maps on the Web site http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/ were used as a guide for this process. A 5% growth rate cap was applied to select units.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
The following spatial edits were made: (1) New spatial data clipped to DCW (2) In the ''Mwanza'' region, all level 2 units were dissolved/amalgamated to level 1 because it was not possible to identify how the new units were created in this area (3) The most recent boundaries contained 95 units, but six of these were merged into a single unit in order to make the population data for two time periods compatible.