Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam
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From top, left to right: Aerial view of Dar es Salaam, City from MV Kigamboni, Tanzania National Stadium, Aerial view of Dar es Salaam Port
Official seal of Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam is located in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Location of Dar es Salaam
Coordinates: 06°48′58″S 39°16′49″E / 6.81611°S 39.28028°E / -6.81611; 39.28028
Country Tanzania
ZoneCoastal Indian Ocean
Districts
Government
 • Regional CommissionerAlbert Challamila
 • Lord MayorIsaya Mwita Charles
Area
 • Total1,493 km2 (576 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • Total5,383,728
 • Density3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode
11xxx
Area code022
HDI (2018)0.631
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Websitedcc.go.tz

Dar es Salaam (/ˌdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm/; from Arabic: دَار السَّلَام, romanizedDār as-Salām, lit.'Abode of Peace') is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over five million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa and the sixth-largest in Africa. 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. The decision was made in 1974 to move the capital to Dodoma which was officially completed in 1996.[3]

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television, and finance. It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es Salaam Region, one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, and consists of five districts: Kinondoni in the north; Ilala in the centre; Ubungo and Temeke in the south; and Kigamboni in the east across the Kurasini estuary.

  1. ^ "Statistical Abstract 2011, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Where is the fastest growing city in the world?". theguardian.com. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ "This Tanzanian city may soon be one of the world's most populous. Is it ready?". Environment. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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