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Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously unaffiliated people are also present. [2] [3] Tanzania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution. Both Christian and Islamic feasts are ...
The numerical relationship between followers of the two religions is regarded as politically sensitive and questions about religious affiliation have not been included in census questionnaires since 1967. For many years estimates have been repeated that about a third of the population each follows Islam, Christianity and traditional religions. [25]
[3] [4] According to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), 55.3% of the population is Christian, 31.5% is Muslim, 11.3% practices traditional faiths, while 1.9% of the population is non-religious or adheres to other faiths as of 2020. [5] The ARDA estimates that most Tanzanian Muslims are Sunni, with a small Shia minority, as of ...
Tanzania religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) B. Religious buildings and structures in Tanzania ... Tanzanian people by religion (4 C) R. Religion in Zanzibar (2 C, 4 P) S.
There are more than 100 distinct ethnic groups and tribes in Tanzania, not including ethnic groups that reside in Tanzania as refugees from conflicts in nearby countries. These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin, with large Nilotic-speaking , moderate indigenous, and small non-African minorities.
The Eastern Orthodox Church claims an estimated 200,000 adherents in Tanzania. [8] The United Methodist Church claims 8,371 members in Tanzania. [9] In 2020, the Vatican noted that 30.41% of the population are Catholic. [10] A 2015 study estimates some 180,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background living in the country, most of them ...
The cattle-herding Kurya tribe, with members spread across Tanzania, instituted this tribal law hundreds of years ago in order to protect women from losing property if their husbands died or ...
Vegetables commonly used in Tanzania include bamia which is mostly eaten as a stew or prepared into traditional stew called mlenda, mchicha (amaranthus tricolor), njegere , maharage , and kisamvu (cassava leaves). Tanzania grows at least 17 different types of bananas which are used for soup, stew, and chips.