Tanzania Profile.pdf - WorldMap

Source: http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=11612Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_Fsie6j8M&feature=channel_pageSource: http://www.unhcr.org/4a49ddca9.htmlSource: http://www.isria.com/pages/1_July_2009_1.htmSource: http://timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=136&title=RwandaChristian HistoryChristianity came to the Tanzania area in 1499 when Portuguese explorers established tradingposts on the east coast of Africa and the islands of Zanzibar. Catholic missions were started, butthey only lasted for about 200 years. When Arabs took over the territory from the Portuguese,Catholic missionaries did not return until the 1860s.Not long after Catholics returned to what is now Tanzania, Anglicans started mission work.Today, Anglicans are the third largest church in Tanzania after Catholics and Lutherans. VariousLutheran groups from Germany, American, and Scandinavia originally worked separately in themid to late 1800s, but they eventually joined together in 1963 to create the Evangelical LutheranChurch in Tanzania, the largest Protestant church in the country.The Moravians from Germany started working in the country in 1891. The Tanzanian Moravianstoday are part of the largest Moravian provinces in the world. Other churches, such as SeventhDay Adventist, Mennonite, and Africa Inland churches began establishing themselves in theearly 1900s. Then, in the 1930s, Pentecostals arrived from the United States, Canada, andSweden.Source: http://www.rc.net/tanzania/tec/tzchurch.htm (Catholics in TZ)Source: http://www.zanzibarhistory.org/zanzibar_christians.htm (Christianity on Zanzibar)Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Anglican-Church-of-TanzaniaSource: Barrett, David. World Christian Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0195103181Non ChristianIslamReligionIslam is strong in the coastal area of Tanzania, and especially on the islands of Zanzibar where atleast 99% of the people are Muslim. As of 2000, more than 10 million people were Muslim, andthat number was growing at a rate of 2.4% each year.Source: http://www.operationworld.org/country/tanz/owtext.htmlSource: The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Vol. 5, Si-Z, 310-313. ISBN: 978-0-8028-2417-2.Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.htmlHinduism