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3 unusual facts about Dar es Salaam


City of Peace

Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, whose name translated from Arabic means "Abode of Peace"

Commercial Bank of Africa Group

Commercial Bank of Africa was established in 1962 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Daniel Musyoka Mutinda

He later joined the University of East Africa to pursue a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree at the faculty of law in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.


Asaria

From there a large portion of them migrated to East Africa - namely to Mombasa, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda and to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Bank of Baroda

In 1967 it suffered a second loss of branches when the Tanzanian government nationalised BoB’s three branches there (Dar es Salaam, Mwanga, and Moshi), and transferred their operations to the Tanzanian government-owned National Banking Corporation.

Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

ITDP is currently active in a design and/or consulting capacity in the BRT programs of Ahmedabad, India; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Johannesburg, South Africa (Rea Vaya); Jakarta, Indonesia (TransJakarta); Guangzhou, China and Cartagena, Colombia.

James W. Spain

James W. Spain (July 22, 1926 – January 2, 2008) was in the US Foreign Service with postings in Karachi, Islamabad, Istanbul, Ankara, Dar Es Salaam, and Colombo and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as deputy permanent representative), and Sri Lanka.

Jyrki Otila

Otila worked as assistant office chief of YLE from 1965 to 1970, in the United Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 1970 to 1973, in YLE in 1974, in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a development aid expert in Tanzania from 1975 to 1977, and as a factory chief for the Orion Corporation in Arusha, Tanzania from 1977 to 1980.

Kikwete Cabinet

He was seriously injured when the small aircraft he was travelling en route to Dar es Salaam crashed in Mbeya shortly after takeoff.

Lloyd International Airways

In January 1971, Lloyd International entered into an agreement with East African Airways Corporation (EAAC) to operate scheduled all-cargo services on the latter's behalf between London, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Entebbe and Lusaka.

Mahmood Mamdani

He was educated at the Government Primary School in Dar es Salaam, Government Primary School in Masaka, K.S.I. Primary School in Kampala, Shimoni and Nakivubo Government Primary Schools in Kampala and at Old Kampala Senior Secondary School.

Mohammad Rabbani

He also maintained that there was not sufficient evidence linking him to terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and that, at any rate, bin Laden was no longer able to carry out activities from Afghan territory.

Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah

Also known as Abdul Rahman, Abu Abdul Rahman al-Muhajir, Abdel Rahman, Abu Turab, Ibrahim al-Muhajir, and Mohammed K.A., he was wanted by the United States government in connection to the August 7, 1998 American embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.

Muziki wa dansi

This craze brought along dance clubs, especially in major cities like Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, where bands would play live 7 days a week.

Mzungu Kichaa

In the late 1990s Espen Sørensen was among the first artists that started recording at Bongo Records in Dar Es Salaam, among them Juma Nature, TID, Mangwair, Ferooz and Professor Jay.

SAS Umkhonto

In 1972, the SAS Emily Hobhouse landed Special Forces troops, led by Commandant Jan Breytenbach near Dar es Salaam.

Shimoni

Over time it has developed from a sleepy fishing village to become the main port of clearance for ocean going trade Dhows arriving from as far away as the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the island of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam.

St Mary's Mbeya Secondary School

It serves students from the Tanzania Southern Highlands, Dar Es Salaam, Morogoro, Arusha, and Iringa regions.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1189

United Nations Security Council resolution 1189, adopted unanimously on 13 August 1998, after expressing its deep disturbance at the bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 7 August 1998, the Council strongly condemned the terrorist attacks and called on countries to adopt measures to prevent further incidents.

United States Ambassador to Tanzania

An embassy in Dar es Salaam was established on December 9, 1961—independence day for Tanganyika.

WIPAHS

Wipahs has dug nearly 218 shallow wells in Dar es Salaam and other regions, like Coast and Singida; providing approximately 2500 litres of drinkable water daily for 300 families.

Zaramo people

The Zaramo are a Bantu people who are based in Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region in Tanzania, particularly in the area around the present day city of Dar es Salaam, the Pugu Hills, and Bagamoyo.


see also

Bank of Baroda

The next year it opened a second branch in Kenya, in Nairobi, and in 1956 it opened a branch in Dar-es-Salaam.

Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve

The Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System (DMRS) is a group of marine wildlife reserves in Tanzania, situated off the coast of Dar es Salaam Region.

Gibson Kamau Kuria

Dr. Kuria graduated in March 1971 with a Bachelor of Laws degree (Upper Division)at the then University of East Africa, University College, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Gustavo Gonzalez

As peace-building adviser, Gonzalez took part in relevant peace negotiations in Africa, including the Lusaka Protocol for the Angolan peace process (1994); the Bangui Peace Accord for Central African Republic (1997), the Dar es Salaam Accord for the Demilitarization of the Ituri in DRC (2004) and the Pretoria Talks for the Burundi peace-building process (April 2009).

HMS Helmuth

She was involved in several actions of the East African campaign including the Battle of Zanzibar, the Raid on Dar es Salaam, blockading SMS Konigsberg in the Rujifi delta, and the Battle of Tanga.

Kariakoo

In 1916 the British conquered Dar es Salaam, and Kariakoo was used as a base for the Carrier Corps.

Lucian Msamati

His primary education began at Olympio Primary School in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and continued at Avondale Primary School in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Swaziland Airlink

Swaziland Airlink started operations in July 1999 with a leased Fokker F28 aircraft from RSNAC linking Matsapha Airport with Johannesburg and Dar-es-Salaam.

Tanzania Scouts Association

Charles Ambrose, Farhad Shivji and Shafik Fazal from the Aga Khan Scouts - 1st Dar-es-Salaam Group, were among the first ten Scouts to be awarded the President's Scout badge by the then President Ali Hassan Mwinyi in August 1992 at Magila Village in Tanga region, the site where Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, enrolled the first Tanganyika Scouts in 1938.