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Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. [2] The town was founded by Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, in 1865 or 1866. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika, and Tanzania.
1,614,831 (2016) [5] Website. Port authority website. The Port of Dar es Salaam ( Bandari ya Dar es Salaam, in Swahili) is the principal port serving Tanzania located in Kurasini ward of Temeke District of Dar es Salaam Region. [7] [8] The port is one of three ocean ports in the country and handles over 90% of the country's cargo traffic. [2]
Source: TAA [4] Julius Nyerere International Airport ( IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA) is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Beryl. Dar es Salaam Region ( Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam in Swahili) is one of Tanzania 's 31 administrative regions and is located in the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of 1,393 km 2 (538 sq mi). [2] The region is comparable in size to the combined land and water areas of the nation state of Mauritius [3] Dar es Salaam Region ...
TAZARA Railway. The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia 's Central Province. The single-track railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) long and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
A green field with a blue border with the national coat of arms (without humans) imposed at the center. Tanzanian flag at the University of Dar es Salaam. Mountaineer Alex Nyirenda atop Uhuru Peak with Tanganyika flag, on a Tanganyika stamp. The flag of Tanzania ( Swahili: bendera ya Tanzania) consists of a Gold-edged black diagonal band ...
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1891 – Capital of German East Africa relocated to Dar es Salaam from Bagamoyo. [6] 1893 – Dar es Salaam Botanical Gardens established. [7] 1894 – Lighthouse built. [3] 1897 – Ocean Road Hospital built. [4] 1899 – Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung ( newspaper) begins publication.