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Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve. / 6.833°S 39.417°E / -6.833; 39.417. The Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System or DMRS ( Hifahdi Akiba Bahari ya Dar es Salaam, in Swahili) is a group of marine reserves in Tanzania, with the IUCN category II located within Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. [1] The reserve system consists of nine ...
Mafia Island Marine Park. / 7.75194°S 39.90028°E / -7.75194; 39.90028. Mafia Island Marine Park ( Hifadhi Bahari ya Taifa ya Kisiwa cha Mafia, in Swahili) is a protected marine park with the IUCN category VI around the Mafia Archipelago in the Indian Ocean 's sea of Zanj. It is administratively located in the jurisdiction Mafia ...
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.
Pangavini Island ( Kisiwa cha Pangavini, in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island under the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve with the IUCN category II located within Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The island reserve measures around 2.13km2. Pangavini is the smallest island in the group, only about 250 m long; it has a ...
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]
Sinda Island. Sinda Island (Kisiwa cha Sinda, in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island in the indian ocean under the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS) with the IUCN category II located within Kigamboni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The islands reserve measures around 4.6km 2 consisting of inner and outer Sinder Island.
Oyster Bay (also spelled Oysterbay), also known as Cocoa Beach and Coco Beach, is an affluent neighbourhood in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is popularly known for its attractive beach. Oyster Bay is located north west of Dar es Salaam 's central business district along the Indian Ocean. Europeans have resided here since colonial times.
The Tanzania Ports Authority is a Parastatal company wholly owned by the Government of Tanzania. The company is managed by a board of 5–8 members and a chairman who is appointed by the president. The organisation comes under the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication and the ministry has the power to assign board members.