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In 1957, only 15 towns had over 5,000 inhabitants, with the capital Dar es Salaam having the nation's highest population of 128,742. [11]: page 12 Tanganyika was a multi-racial territory, which made it unique in the trusteeship world.
Image of the port of Dar es Salaam from the book Von Unseren Kolonien by Ottomar Beta in the year 1908. Mzizima (Mji Mzima), which means "a healthy town" in Kiswahili, was the original name of the area that is now known as Dar es Salaam, which dates back to 1857. Later, it was the location of plantations where maize, millet, and cassava were ...
In 2018, Dar es Salaam scored 0.631 (medium category) on the Human Development Index (HDI). The city's HDI has increased every year since 1992, and it ranked higher than any other region in the country except for one. [39] Dar es Salaam is the second-fastest-growing city in the world and could have a population as high as 12.9 million by 2030. [36]
Tanzania, [c] officially the United Republic of Tanzania, [d] is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
Dar es Salaam (alue) Usage on frr.wikipedia.org Dar es Salaam (Regiuun) Dar es Salaam; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Dar es Salam (région) Discussion Wikipédia:Wikiconcours/mars 2009/Équipes/Équipe 5; Usage on gl.wikipedia.org Rexión de Dar es Salaam; Usage on ha.wikipedia.org User:GerardM/Regions of Tanzania; Usage on he.wikipedia.org
One of the deadly 1998 U.S. embassy bombings occurred in Dar Es Salaam; the other was in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2004, the undersea earthquake on the other side of the Indian Ocean caused tsunamis along Tanzania's coastline in which 11 people were killed. An oil tanker also temporarily ran aground in the Dar Es Salaam harbour, damaging an oil pipeline.
Map of Tanganyika Territory The area that made up Tanganyika was commonly visited by Arabic traders who would come to the area to buy enslaved people and smuggle ivory. The island of Zanzibar was even taken as a part of the Sultanate of Oman ; when Seyyid Said came to power in 1806, Omani interests in Tanzania began to increase.
Map of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, largest city in Tanzania. Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest city. Dodoma, capital city of Tanzania. Zanzibar City. This is a list of cities, municipalities, and towns in Tanzania.