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Tanzania: the country ... travels

Field sites: Northern Tanzania

In the city: Dar es Salaam ... the University

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Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

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Harbor of Dar es Salaam

Left: A view of the harbor in Dar es Salaam.

Below: Students in downtown Dar es Salaam. (Photo courtesy of Nick Wagner)

Dar es Salaam

In Dar es SalaamWith a population of two million, Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's major city, port and business center. An increasingly cosmopolitan city, Dar es Salaam is a center for trade and communications along the east coast of Africa.

Although Dodoma is officially Tanzania's capital and seat of the legislature, Dar es Salaam remains the nation's political center with many government offices and foreign embassies.
Askari Monument

Scenes from Dar es Salaam

The Askari Monument is a memorial to Africans who fought in World War I.

Visiting the Tanzanian Village Museum in Dar es Salaam. (Photo courtesy of John Greenler)

 At the Tanzanian Village Museum
Mbudia Beach

Lowtide at Mbudia beach in Dar es Salaam. (Photo courtesy of Dhaval Vyas)

Go to: Dar es Salaam ... University of Dar es Salaam ... Serengeti and Laetoli ... living arrangements

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updated 9/4/07