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Dar-Es-Salaam
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Dar
Es Salaam (Arabic for “haven of peace”), city
in eastern Tanzania and the business capital of the country.
It is the nation's largest city, chief seaport, and principal
commercial, manufacturing, and educational center. Products
include processed food, textiles, clothing, footwear, refined
petroleum, and metal goods. Railroads extend inland to Arusha
in the north, to Lake Tanga nyika and Lake Victoria, and
to Zambia. Exports of Dar es Salaam include coffee, sisal,
cotton, and copper (from landlocked Zambia). Among the educational
institutions in the city are the University of Dar es Salaam
(1961), Kivukoni College (1961), and the College of Business
Education (1965). Also here are the National Archives, the
National Central Library, and the National Museum of Tanzania,
with notable collections on eastern African ethnography,
archaeology, and history. Dar es Salaam was founded in the
1860s as a summer residence for the sultan of Zanzibar.
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