Dar es Salaam

American

[dahr es suh-lahm] / ˌdɑr ɛs səˈlɑm /

Or Dar-es-Salaam

noun

a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital.

Dar es Salaam British

/ ˈdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm /

noun

the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)

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Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

In 1967, Museveni left Uganda to attend the University of Dar es Salaam in neighbouring Tanzania.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

In recent years, the company acquired terminals in Haifa, Israel; Tanzania’s Port of Dar es Salaam; Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo; and a coal-export hub in North Queensland, Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Simba have struggled at the national stadium in Dar es Salaam, drawing both qualifiers there, and the Group D loss is an early setback.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

In Dar es Salaam I was met by a crowd estimated at half a million.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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