Tanzania

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Tanzania is located on the east coast of Africa

• It is a large country with a large population

The main language is Swahili

• Swahili is widely spoken in Africa, the East, but down as far as southern Congo (though I have been assured, the accents and vocabulary vary a lot, the further you travel.. Everyone claiming to have the correct version of Swahili!)
• In Tanzania it is the official language, and government documents, signs etc are always translated in Swahili.
• The language is simple to learn and quite enjoyable.
• Many people do however speak or at least understand English, especially the youth, and especially in the capital.
• It incorporates many Arabic words, due to Arab traders' influence.

The administrative capital is Dodoma, the de facto capital is a huge city called Dar es Salaam, which means "city of peace"

• The city is huge, and quite developed.
• It has a lot of construction going on.

Greater Grace does not yet have a church there, but we have made a number of trips to visit the place, and have a number of interested friends

• We do have an affiliated group of local churches in a remote part of the country in the north, near the Burundi border, in a town called Ngara, led by Pastor Shygotera.
• Pray that God would open the right doors and make clear the right timing, as we plan a church and Bible college plant in the future.

The place is very open to the gospel

• It has a large minority of secular muslims
• It is strategically located between our established works in East Africa (Uganda & Kenya), and those in Southern Africa (Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe & South Africa)

Off the coast, (yet still part of the country of Tanzania - though semi-autonimouse), is the 99% Muslim Island of Zanzibar!