Dar es Salaam

Summary

Dar es Salaam is a city^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,573 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dar es Salaam is located in Dar es Salaam Region^[3].
• Dar es Salaam is in the country of Tanzania^[4].
• Dar es Salaam is on the body of water Zanzibar Channel^[5].
• Dar es Salaam's head of government is recorded as Q133848172^[6].
• Dar es Salaam's image is recorded as Dar es Salaam before dusk.jpg^[7].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as port city^[9].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as largest city^[10].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as former national capital^[11].
• Dar es Salaam's official language is recorded as Swahili^[12].
• Dar es Salaam's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Dar es Salaam.svg^[13].
• Dar es Salaam's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hamburg^[14].
• Dar es Salaam's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167026731^[15].
• Dar es Salaam's GND ID is recorded as 4090903-7^[16].
• Dar es Salaam's locator map image is recorded as Tanzania Dar es Salaam location map2.svg^[17].
• Dar es Salaam's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79079320^[18].
• Dar es Salaam's IdRef ID is recorded as 171025849^[19].
• Dar es Salaam's postal code is recorded as 10000–19999^[20].
• Dar es Salaam's Commons category is recorded as Dar es Salaam^[21].
• Dar es Salaam's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7202037^[22].
• Dar es Salaam's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[23].
• Dar es Salaam's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[24].
• +1862-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dar es Salaam^[25].
• Dar es Salaam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -6.816111111111111, 'lon': 39.280277777777776}^[26].
• Dar es Salaam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02cdt^[27].

Body

Geography

Dar es Salaam is in the country of Tanzania^[4]. It is located in Dar es Salaam Region^[3]. It is on the body of water Zanzibar Channel^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Dar es Salaam's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1393'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4364541'}^[30] and {'amount': '+4715000'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], port city^[9], largest city^[10], and former national capital^[11].

History and Context

+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dar es Salaam^[25].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dar es Salaam include Julius Nyerere International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Tanzania^[34] and Dar es Salaam Region^[35], a region of Tanzania^[36], in Tanzania^[37].

Why It Matters

Dar es Salaam ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,573 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include Julius Nyerere International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Tanzania^[34] and Dar es Salaam Region^[35], a region of Tanzania^[36], in Tanzania^[37].