Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam, in Arabic "the residence of peace", is the most important city in Tanzania under the economical point of view.

It faces the Indian Ocean where is set the major harbour of the country, here cruises, merchant ships, but also canoas of local fishermen and dhow, a traditional African sailing boat dock.

This city has three main suburbs: Ilala, the city center, rich in administrative and commercial buildings, large boulevards with shops, but also in historical buildings in Kivukoni district, that belong to the epoch of Sultan Majid bin Said; Temeke, one of the poorest areas of the town, which includes Kigamboni peninsula, a natural oasi with renowed beaches; and Kinondoni, which hosts the more luxurious residential buildings.

Dar es Salaam is a relevant place for the culture of Tanzania. Indeed, it is the home of some musical genres, as muziki wa dansi and taarab, and of a particulat pictorical style called Tingatinga. Moreover, it boasts several important museums, as the National Museum, that hosts expositions about the natural history of men and the history of Tanzania and the Village Museum, an open-air museum where 16 traditional homes belonging to different ethnic groups were rebuilt.