Dar es Salaam

American  

[dahr es suh-lahm] / ˌdɑr ɛs səˈlɑm /

Or Dar-es-Salaam

noun

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

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Dar es Salaam British  

/ ˈdɑːr ɛs səˈlɑːm /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

A Russia-Tanzania Business Council was created in January and last month Air Tanzania announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Moscow by the end of the year.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

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

I was soon joined by Joe Matthews, who had come from Ba-sutoland, and I insisted we should make haste for Dar es Salaam.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela