China Embassy in Tanzania

Ambassador: Ms. Wang Ke
Address: No. 2 Kajificheni Close, Toure Drive, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (P.O.Box 1649)
Tel: +255-22-2666817
Fax: +255-22-2666353
Email: chinaemb_tz@mfa.gov.cn
 

Tel: +255-22-2668064
Fax: +255-22-2666353
Office Hours: 09:00 - 11:00, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 
 

Sections	Information
Administrative Office	Tel: +255-22-2667475, 2668064 Fax: +255-22-2666353
Cultural Office	Tel: +255-22-2666298 Fax: +255-22-2666353
Research Office	Tel: +255-22-2667586 Fax: +255-22-2666353

 

Consul General: Mr. Xie Xiaowu
Address: P. O. Box 1200, Mazizini Kati, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Tel: +255-24-2232547,
+255-754601627 (Mobile Phone) 
Fax: +255-24-2232681
Email: chinaconsul_zan_tz@mfa.gov.cn 

 People: It has a population of more than 37 million with 126 ethnic minorities.
 
 Language: Kiswahili and English are the Official Languages of Tanzania. 

 Religion: Residents in Tanganyika embrace Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Protestantism and Islam. Residents in Zanzibar are almost all adherents of Islam. 

 Climate: Tropical Savanna Climate in the eastern coastal areas and in part of lowland in inland; tropical mountain climate (cool, dry) in the western plateau; tropical sea climate in Zanzibar with the average temperature 26 degrees Celsius. 

 Geography: Tanzania is made up of Tanganyika (mainland) and Zanzibar (Island). Occupying 945,000 square kilometers in area, it is in the east of Africa, in the south of equator. Tanzania lies to the south of Kenya and Uganda, to the north of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, to the east of Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda and Burundi, to the west of the Indian Ocean. The land descends from northwest to southeast. 

 Tourism: This country abounds in natural and historical wonders. The famous scenic spots on the boundary line include Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyiki and Lake Malawi. The world-famous Kilimanjaro, in northeast Tanzania near the Kenya border, is the highest mountain in Africa with the altitude of 5,895 meters. The snow cap of this mountain is famed in literature by Ernest Hemingway’s 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro'. Other well-known landscapes are the Great Rift Valley, Maniyana Lake, the Slave City in Zanzibar, the site of world's oldest human and the site of Arab merchants. 
 

Festival	Date	Day
New Year's Day	January 2	Monday
Chinese New Year	January 23  - 25	Monday - Wednesday
Qingming Festival	April 5	Wednesday
Worker's Day	May 1	Monday
Dragon Boat Festival	June 22	Thursday
Mid-Autumn Festival	September 29	Friday
Chinese National Day	October 2 - 4	Monday - Wednesday
Christmas Day	December 24	Sunday

 Please contact Embassy of Tanzania in China if Tanzanian citizens have troubles there. 

 Related China Embassies in Africa: Togo, Tunisia, Uganda