Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay, also known as Cocoa Beach and Coco Beach, is an affluent neighbourhood in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is popularly known for its attractive beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Also known as: “Oyster Bay, Tanzania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Poland, Dar es Salaam and Apostolic Nunciature to Tanzania.
Embassy of Poland, Dar es Salaam
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
Embassy of Poland, Dar es Salaam is a government office.
Apostolic Nunciature to Tanzania
Government office
The Apostolic Nunciature to Tanzania is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Tanzania. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
International School of Tanganyika
School
Photo: Alifazal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The International School of Tanganyika, founded in 1963, is an international school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The school is an IB World School that hosts the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma programmes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mwananyamala and Dar es Salaam.
Mwananyamala
Locality
Mwananyamala is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The ward is bordered to the north by Mikocheni ward and to the east by Msasani and Kinondoni.
Dar es Salaam
Photo: Roland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. Mzizima's history dates back to when the Barawa people started to settle and cultivate the area around Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole, and Kibonde Maji Mbagara.
Oyster Bay
- Categories: human settlement and body of water
- Location: Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-6.76788° or 6° 46′ 4″ southLongitude
39.28994° or 39° 17′ 24″ eastOpen location code
6G5X67JQ+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6608917159OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
150853Wikidata ID
Q3887812
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Oyster Bay” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oyster Bay, Tanzania”
- Esperanto: “Oyster Bay (Tanzanio)”
- Esperanto: “Oyster Bay”
- Italian: “Coco Beach”
- Italian: “Oyster Bay”
- Swedish: “Oyster Bay”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oyster Bay”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.