Dar es Salaam

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

The harbour at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam

Read Next

Olduvai Gorge or Olduwai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa (eastern Serengeti Plain) Where fossil remains of more than 60 hominins provides the most continuous known record of human evolution. Mary Leakey and Louis Leakey made discoveries here. Archaeology

7 Amazing Historical Sites in Africa

Night view of the Opera House and new business quarter, Oslo, Norway.

These 8 Buildings Will Make You See Norway in a New Light

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Discover

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.

There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Riots in U.S. History (Part One)

Dar es Salaam: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: May 26, 2025

News •

Nandi-Ndaitwah rekindles historic Tanzania ties • May 23, 2025, 6:20 AM ET (The Namibian)

Tundu Lissu: Defiant Tanzanian opposition leader appears in court in Dar es Salaam • May 19, 2025, 2:53 AM ET (BBC)

Photos

The harbour at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam

See All Images →

Topics

Dodoma Zanzibar Tanga Bagamoyo Tabora Pangani New York City London Verkhoyansk Los Angeles

Quiz

Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London, England. Opened in 1894. Remains an Important Traffic Route with 40,000 Crossings Every Day.

Guess the City by Its River Quiz

Pakistan Monument is a landmark in Islamabad which represents the four provinces of Pakistan.

Countries and Capitals Quiz