(Arabic `haven of peace'); chief seaport in
Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean, and capital of
Tanzania until its replacement by Dodoma in
1974; population (1985) 1,394,000. It is the
Indian Ocean terminus of the TanZam Railway,
and a line also runs to the lake port of
Kigoma; a road links it with Ndola in the
Zambian copperbelt, and oil is carried to
Zambia by pipeline from Dar es Salaam's
refineries. University College (1963) became
the University of Dar es Salaam in 1970.