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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.
Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). [6] The number of current Swahili speakers, be they native or second-language speakers, is estimated to be over 200 ...
Brunei, [d] officially State of Brunei, and formally Brunei Darussalam, [e] [f] is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
Dar es Salaam (population 4,364,541) 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 .
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.
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 is ...
The Pande Game Reserve ( Hifadhi ya Akiba ya Pande, In Swahili) is a protected area located in Mabwepande ward of Kinondoni District and Mbezi ward of Ubungo District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania that covers an area of 15.39 km 2 (5.94 sq mi). It was established as a Forest Reserve in 1952 under the British colonial occupation.
Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 until 1961. It was initially administered under a military occupation regime. From 20 July 1922, it was formalised into a League of Nations mandate under British rule. From 1946, it was administered by the UK as a United ...