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Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania · Africa
About Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam sits on the route: 20 minutes from Mwandege.
Dar es Salaam is in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, with about 5.4 million people. The nearest town is Mwandege, about 17 km away.
Dar es Salaam (English: , Swahili: [ɗɑr‿ɛs‿sɑˈlɑːm] ; from Arabic: دَار السَّلَام, romanised: Dār as-Salām, lit. 'Abode of Peace') is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania and capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. It is located on the Swahili coast. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam isRead more
the largest city in East Africa by population and the fifth-largest in Africa. Dar es Salaam remains an important economic centre and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Experts predict that the city's population will grow to over 10 million before 2030.
The city was founded in the mid-19th century and served as the main administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa, Tanganyika and Tanzania. The decision was made in 1974 to move the capital to Dodoma which was officially completed in 1996.
Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television and finance. It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es Salaam Region, one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and consists of five districts: Kinondoni in the north; Ilala in the centre; Ubungo and Temeke in the south; and Kigamboni in the east across the Kurasini estuary.
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Dar es Salaam is in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, about 17 km from Mwandege.
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- Population
- 5,383,728
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Region
- Dar es Salaam Region
- Timezone
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Coordinates
- -6.8235, 39.2695
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