Duty Station Overview
Dar es salaam (Mzizima) is the former capital as well as the most populous
city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre. Located
on the Swahili coast, the city is one of the fastest growing cities in
the world.
Until 1974, Dar es Salaam served as Tanzania’s
capital city, at which point the capital city commenced transferring to
Dodoma, which was officially completed in 1996. However, as of 2017, it
continues to remain a focus of central government bureaucracy, although
this is in the process of fully moving to Dodoma.
In addition, it is
Tanzania's most prominent city in arts, fashion, media, music, film and
television and a leading financial centre.The city is the leading
arrival and departure point for most tourists who visit Tanzania,
including the national parks for safaris and the islands of Unguja and
Pemba. Dar es Salaam is also the largest and most populous
Swahili-speaking city in the world.
The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA, under construction ) and PSPF Pension Twin Towers both in the background are the tallest in East and Central Africa. It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es Salaam Region, which is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and consists of five districts:
Kinondoni in the north, Ilala in the centre, Ubungo, Temeke in the south
and Kigamboni in the east across the Kurasini creek. The region had a
population of 4,364,541 as of the official 2012 census.
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