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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.
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 ...
The Pugu Hills Forest Reserve, officially listed as Pugu/Kazimzumbwi Nature Forest Reserve (Msitu wa Akiba wa Pugu, In Swahili) is a protected area located in Kisarawe ward of Kisarawe District in Pwani Region, Tanzania. The forest borders in the Pugu ward, of Ilala MC in Dar es Salaam to the east, adjacent to the Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve.
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 ...
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 ...
Mineral. 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]
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]
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.