Dar es Salaam - Wikipedia
WEBWith a population of over five million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa and the sixth-largest in Africa. Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic center and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
Dar es Salaam | History, Population, & Facts | Britannica
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Dar es Salaam, seat of government, largest city, industrial center, and major port of Tanzania, eastern Africa. It was founded in 1862 by the sultan of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. It remained only a small port until the German East Africa Company established a station there in 1887.
Dar es Salaam | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History
WEBDar es Salaam, a major urban center in early 21st-century East Africa, was founded in 1862 as a mainland outpost of the sultanate in Zanzibar. From its very beginnings, the town was a cosmopolitan, polyglot, and multiethnic space.
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WEBJul 5, 2023 · Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862, when Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar shifted his capital from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam. Sultan purchases the land from zaramo natives for the purpose of building a house. Dar es Salaam is popularly believed to originate from the Persian- Arabic word Bandar- ul- Salaam meaning in Swahili, Bandari ya Salama.
Timeline of Dar es Salaam - Wikipedia
WEB1914 – Kigoma-Dar es Salaam railway begins operating. 1916 – 3 September: Town captured by British forces. 1919 - Town becomes capital of British Tanganyika Territory. 1922 – State House built. 1926 – Legislative Council of Tanzania headquartered in Dar es Salaam. 1929 – Tanganyika African Association active.
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE HISTORY OF DAR ES SALAAM - Dar es Salaam ...
WEBAbstract. NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE HISTORY OF DAR ES SALAAM - Dar es Salaam: Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis. Edited by James Brennan, Andrew Burton and Yusufu Qwaray Lawi. Dar es Salaam/Nairobi: Mkuki na Nyota/British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2007.
The emerging metropolis: A history of Dar es Salaam
WEBJan 1, 2007 · Dar es Salaam was established in 1862 as a port city (Brennan and Burton, 2007). Having rapidly grown to become Tanzania's busiest and most populous city (Kjellén, 2006: 80), it has overtaken...
Introduction - Revolutionary State-Making in Dar es Salaam
WEBOct 13, 2022 · This book explains how Dar es Salaam became a hive of revolutionary activity in Africa. It examines the politics of Cold War rivalries, African liberation movements, and socialist state-building in a Third World state. These dynamics were …
WEBAlthough Dar es Salaam is no longer Tanzania’s political capital (Dodoma became the national capital in 1973), it remains the country’s largest city, both in terms of population and business activity. Tanzania is 30% percent urban today and will …
Mental maps, segregation, and everyday life in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania …
WEBApr 14, 2013 · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has a long history as a segregated city. Starting in 1891 the German and then later the British colonial government enacted a series of building ordinances that outlined the styles of construction allowed within different areas of …
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