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Tanzania
Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa in the African Great Lakes region.The economy is heavily based on agriculture, which accounts for more than 25 percent of gross domestic product, provides 85 percent of exports, and employs 80 percent of the workforce.Tanzania has vast amounts of minerals including gold, diamonds, coal, iron, uranium, nickel, chromium, tin, platinum, coltan, niobium, natural gas, and others. Continent: Africa PRODUCTION(Thousand carats)
Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Gemstones | 230 | 239 | 202 | 155 | 77 | Industrial | 42 | 44 | 36 | 27 | 14 |
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