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Dar es Salaam Region

Dar es Salaam Region is one of 's 31 administrative regions and is located on the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of 1,599 km2.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Julius Nyerere International Airport and Dar es Salaam station (TAZARA).

Aerodrome
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is the of , the largest city in . It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 6 km east of Dar es Salaam Region.

, also Kinyerezi 1 Thermal Power Station or Kinyerezi 1 Gas Plant, is a 150 MW, natural gas powered, electricity generating power station in . is situated 5 km southwest of Dar es Salaam Region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar es Salaam and Ukonga.

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was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of 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.

Suburb
is an administrative ward of the Ilala Municipical Council of the Dar es Salaam Region in . forms the ward's northern boundary. is situated 5 km southwest of Dar es Salaam Region.

Locality
is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in . The ward is bordered to the north by ward and to the east by and Kinondoni. is situated 9 km northeast of Dar es Salaam Region.

Dar es Salaam Region

Latitude
-6.8352° or 6° 50′ 7″ south
Longitude
39.196° or 39° 11′ 46″ east
Population
2,790,000
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
6G5X557W+W9
Geo­Names ID
160260
Wiki­data ID
Q557539
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Dar es Salaam Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم دار السلام”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Dar es Salaam”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dar əs Salam regionu”
  • Bashkir: “Дар-әс-Сәләм”
  • Basque: “Dar es Salaam (eskualdea)”
  • Basque: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Belarusian: “Дар-эс-Салам (вобласць)”
  • Belarusian: “Дар-эс-Салам”
  • Bengali: “দারুস-সালাম অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Дар ес Салаам”
  • Catalan: “Regió Dar es Salaam”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Dar al-Salaam”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Dar es Salaam”
  • Cebuano: “Dar es Salaam Region”
  • Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Dar es Salaam”
  • Chinese: “三兰港区”
  • Chinese: “三蘭港區”
  • Chinese: “达累斯萨拉姆区”
  • Chinese: “達累斯薩拉姆區”
  • Croatian: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Danish: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Dutch: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Dar es Salaam”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Daresalamo”
  • Finnish: “Dar es Salaam”
  • French: “Dar es Salaam”
  • French: “Dar es Salam”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Dar es Salaam”
  • Georgian: “დარ-ეს-სალამის ოლქი”
  • German: “Daressalam”
  • German: “Region Daressalam”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Νταρ ες Σαλαάμ”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Νταρ ες Σαλάαμ”
  • Gujarati: “દર એસ સલામ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דאר א-סלאם”
  • Hindi: “दार अस सलाम क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Dar es Salaam”
  • Irish: “Réigiún Dárasalám”
  • Italian: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Italian: “regione di Dar es Salaam”
  • Italian: “Regione di Dar es Salaam”
  • Japanese: “ダルエスサラーム州”
  • Kannada: “ಡಾರ್ ಎಸ್ ಸಲಾಮ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “다르에스살람주”
  • Kotava: “TanzaniaDarEsSalaamGola”
  • Latvian: “Dāresalāmas reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Dar es Salamo regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Дар ес Салам”
  • Malay: “Dar es Salaam Region”
  • Marathi: “दार एस सलाम प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Daressalaam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Norwegian: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Persian: “استان دارالسلام”
  • Polish: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Portuguese: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Dar es Salaam”
  • Russian: “Дар-эс-Салам”
  • Serbian: “Dar es Salam”
  • Serbian: “Дар ес Салам”
  • Sinhala: “ඩාර් එස් සලාම් කලාපය”
  • Spanish: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Spanish: “Region de Dar es Salaam”
  • Spanish: “Región de Dar es Salaam”
  • Spanish: “Region de Dar es-Salam”
  • Spanish: “Región de Dar es-Salam”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam”
  • Swedish: “Dar-es-Salaam”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Dorussalom”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Дар ес Салаам”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Дорассалом”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Доруссалом”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Драссалом”
  • Tamil: “டார் எஸ் ஸலாம் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “డార్ ఎస్ సలామ్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตดาเรสซาราม”
  • Turkish: “Dar es Salaam Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дар-ес-Салам”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Дар-ес-Салам”
  • Urdu: “دارالسلام علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “دَر اس سلام ریجن”
  • Vietnamese: “Dar es Salaam”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Dar es Salaam”
  • Western Panjabi: “داراسلام”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Dar es Salaam”
  • Yoruba: “Dar es Salaam Region”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ugombolwa and Tabata.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lake Tenge and Madafu.

Tanzania: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Dar es Salaam, Mount Kilimanjaro, Dodoma, and Arusha.

Curious Places to Discover

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