Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam Former capital of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean, e Tanzania. Founded in the 1860s by the sultan of Zanzibar, it was capital of German East Africa (1891–1916) and of Tanganyika (1916–74). It is Tanzania's commercial centre, largest city and port. Industries: textiles, chemicals, oil products. Pop. (2002 est.) 2,596,900.
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