Dar es Salaam

Summary

Dar es Salaam is a city^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,809 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 instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as port city^[8].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as largest city^[9].
• Dar es Salaam's instance of is recorded as former national capital^[10].
• Dar es Salaam's official language is recorded as Swahili^[11].
• Dar es Salaam's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hamburg^[12].
• Dar es Salaam's postal code is recorded as 10000–19999^[13].
• Dar es Salaam's Commons category is recorded as Dar es Salaam^[14].
• Dar es Salaam's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• Dar es Salaam's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[16].
• 1862 marks the founding of Dar es Salaam^[17].
• Dar es Salaam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -6.816111111111111, 'lon': 39.280277777777776}^[18].
• Dar es Salaam's official website is recorded as http://www.dcc.go.tz/^[19].
• Dar es Salaam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dar es Salaam^[20].
• Dar es Salaam has a population of {'amount': '+4364541'}^[21].
• Dar es Salaam has a population of {'amount': '+4715000'}^[22].
• Dar es Salaam's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Dar es Salaam's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Dar es Salaam's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Dar es Salaam's capital of is recorded as Tanganyika Territory^[26].
• Dar es Salaam's capital of is recorded as Tanganyika^[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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1393'}^[28]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4364541'}^[21] and {'amount': '+4715000'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], port city^[8], largest city^[9], and former national capital^[10].

History and Context

1862 marks the founding of Dar es Salaam^[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dar es Salaam include Julius Nyerere International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Tanzania^[32] and Dar es Salaam Region^[33], a region of Tanzania^[34], in Tanzania^[35].

Why It Matters

Dar es Salaam ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,809 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for it include Julius Nyerere International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Tanzania^[32] and Dar es Salaam Region^[33], a region of Tanzania^[34], in Tanzania^[35].