Dar es Salaam

Sister cities

• Hamburg

History

In the 19th century, 'Mzizima (Swahili for "healthy town") was a coastal fishing village on the periphery of Indian Ocean trade routes. In 1865 or 1866, Sultan Majid bin Said of Zanzibar began building a new city very close to Mzizima In the East African campaign of World War I, British and Empire forces captured German East Africa. The Royal Navy bombarded the city with the monitor on 21 July 1916 and battleship on 21 August. The German colonial authorities surrendered the city on 3 September. German East Africa became the British Tanganyika Territory. Dar es Salaam remained the administrative and commercial centre. Under British indirect rule, European areas such as Oyster Bay and African areas (e.g., Kariakoo and Ilala) developed separately from the city centre. The city's population also included a large number of workers from British India, many of whom came to take advantage of trade and commercial opportunities. After World War II, Dar es Salaam experienced a period of rapid growth. Political developments, including the formation and growth of the Tanganyika African National Union, led to Tanganyika's independence from colonial rule in December 1961. Dar es Salaam continued to serve as its capital, even when Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania in 1964. In 1973, provisions were made to relocate the capital to Dodoma, a more centrally located city in the interior. The relocation process to Dodoma was completed, although Dar es Salaam continued to be the location of most government offices. In 1967, the Tanzanian government declared the ujamaa policy, which made Tanzania lean towards socialism. The move hampered the potential growth of the city as the government encouraged people not to move into cities and instead remain…

Geography

Dar es Salaam is located at 6°48' S, 39°17' E (−6.8000, 39.2833), on a natural harbour on the coast of East Africa, with sandy beaches in some areas. Dar es Salaam Region is divided into five administrative districts, four of which are governed by municipal councils that are affiliated with the city's suburbs or wards. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Districts of Dar es Salaam Region ! District ! Population(2016) ! Area(km2) |- | Ilala District | style="text-align:right;" | 1,528,489 | style="text-align:right;" | 210 |- | Kigamboni District | style="text-align:right;" | 1,510,129 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |- | Kinondoni District | style="text-align:right;" | 1,164,177 | style="text-align:right;" | 527 |- | Temeke District | style="text-align:right;" | 204,029 | style="text-align:right;" | 656 |- | Ubungo District | style="text-align:right;" | 1,058,597 | style="text-align:right;" | N/A |- ! Dar es Salaam|Dar es Salaam Region !! style="text-align:right;" | 5,465,420 !! style="text-align:right;" | 1,393 |} Kinondoni is the most populated of the districts. It houses half of the city's population and several high-income suburbs. *Masaki, Oyster Bay and Ada Estate are the high-income suburbs located along the central beach. During the Colonial Era, they were the major European suburbs of the city. Diplomats and expatriates currently reside in these areas. Oyster Bay Beach (also known as Coco Beach) is the only white sandy beach east of Kinondoni. *Mikocheni and Regent Estate are also suburbs within the district. These are high and middle-income areas with Mikocheni B enjoying a higher population density than Mikocheni A and Regent Estate. According to the 2012 census, the Mikocheni ward had a population of 32,947. *Msasani is a peninsula to the…

Most-observed species

• House Crow

  Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  493
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  277
• Neem

  Azadirachta indica A.Juss. · Magnoliopsida
  221
• Sacred Ibis

  Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  166
• African Palm-Swift

  Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
  154
• Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  146
• Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  137
• Horseradishtree

  Moringa oleifera Lam. · Magnoliopsida
  134

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2025-12-20
  75 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania
• M 4.5 — 2024-03-18
  29 km SSE of Mkuranga, Tanzania
• M 4.5 — 2020-10-06
  61 km ESE of Vikindu, Tanzania
• M 5.1 — 2020-08-13
  64 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania
• M 4.4 — 2020-08-12
  36 km SE of Vikindu, Tanzania
• M 6 — 2020-08-12
  66 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania