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Dar es Salaam (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 06 51 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -6.8500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Seaport on Indian Ocean; capital of 2 regions; founded mid-19th cen. by sultan of Zanzibar; taken by Carl Peters for German East Africa Company 1887; captured by Great Britain 1916; local production includes soap, paint, cigarettes, footwear & cement. |
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| Dar es Salaam (preferred,C,V)
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| Daressalam (C,V)
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| Dar-es-Salaam (C,V)
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| Dar es-Salaam (C,V)
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| Dār as-Sālam (C,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1862 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| national capital (H) |
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of German East Africa, 1891; of Tanzania, 1964-1974 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Tanzania .......... (nation) |
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(World, Africa) [1000203] |
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former capital |
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