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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]
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.
In Dar es Salaam, there is a huge project of rapid buses, Dar Rapid Transit (DART) which connects suburbs of Dar es Salaam city. The development of the DART system consists of six phases and is funded by the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the Government of Tanzania.
To ensure that these resources could be moved easily, several railways were built. The most important of these was the Mittellandbahn (Central Line, which connected much of the country with the port city of Dar es Salaam. This railroad is still in use today and has since been connected to other railways across the country.
Dar es Salaam, a major city in Tanzania, or the administrative region around it; Dar El Salam, a town in Egypt; Dar os Salam, a village in Iran; Brunei Darussalam, a country in southeast Asia; Aceh Darussalam, a special administrative region of Indonesia; Darus Salam Thana, an administrative unit of Dhaka District, Bangladesh
The Zaramo people, also referred to as Dzalamo or Saramo (Wazaramo, in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group native to the central eastern coast of Tanzania, particularly Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region. [1] [2] They are the largest ethnic group in and around Dar es Salaam, the former capital of Tanzania and the 7th largest city in Africa. [3]
[12] [13] Singeli has since the mid-2000's been an unofficial music of uswahilini, unplanned communities in Dar es Salaam, and is the newest mainstream genre since 2020. [14] Ngoma, a Bantu word, meaning dance, drum and event [15] [16] is a traditional dance music that has been the most widespread music in Tanzania.
A village is the lowest government administrative structure at the community level. In an urban area, a cluster (mtaa) can include a number of streets. A ward (kata) is an administrative structure for one single town or portion of a bigger town (Urban Wards).