Dar es Salaam
largest city in Tanzania and capital of Dar es Salaam Region
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Summary
Dar es Salaam is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,148 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dar es Salaam Region[3]
- Country: Tanzania[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Zanzibar Channel[5]
- Head of government: Q133848172[6]
- Instance of: port city[7], largest city[8], former national capital[9]
- Official language: Swahili[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Hamburg[11]
- Postal code: 10000–19999[12]
- Commons category: Dar es Salaam[13]
- Local dialing code: 22[14]
- Inception: 1862[15]
- Official website: http://www.dcc.go.tz/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dar es Salaam[17]
- Population: 4,364,541[18], 4,715,000[19]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22]
- Capital of: Tanganyika Territory[23], Tanganyika[24], Dar es Salaam Region[25], German East Africa[26]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dar es Salaam[27]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dar es Salaam[28]
- Demonym: Salamite[29]
- Native label: دَار السَّلَام[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Dar es Salaam[31]
- Different from: Dar el-Salam[32]
- Elevation above sea level: 12 m[33]
- Area: 1393 km²[34]
- History of topic: timeline of Dar es Salaam[35]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Dar es Salaam include Julius Nyerere International Airport[36], an international airport[37], in Tanzania[38] and Dar es Salaam Region[39], a region of Tanzania[40], in Tanzania[41].
Why It Matters
Dar es Salaam has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for it include Julius Nyerere International Airport[36], an international airport[37], in Tanzania[38] and Dar es Salaam Region[39], a region of Tanzania[40], in Tanzania[41].