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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.
Dar es Salaam (population 4,364,541) [214] is the largest city and commercial capital. The capital of the country and economic centre of Tanzania, Dodoma (population 410,956) [ 214 ] is located in central Tanzania, and hosts the National Assembly .
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]: 1252 Density varies from 12 per square kilometre (31/sq mi) in the Katavi Region to 3,133 per square kilometre (8,110/sq mi) in Dar es Salaam. [2]: 6 Approximately 70 percent of the population is rural, although this percentage has been declining since at least 1967. [3] Dar es Salaam is the de facto capital and largest city.
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]
Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously unaffiliated people are also present. [ 2 ][ 1 ] Tanzania is a secular state and freedom of religion is enshrined in the country's constitution. Christmas and Easter are recognised ...
Tanzania comprises many lakes, national parks, and Africa 's highest point, Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m or 19,341 ft). Northeast Tanzania is mountainous, while the central area is part of a large plateau covered in grasslands. The country also contains the southern portion of Lake Victoria on its northern border with Uganda and Kenya.
The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) (Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam) is a public university located in Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. [3] It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1963, shortly after ...