Dar es Salaam in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🚢

The port serves Zambia, Malawi, Burundi and the eastern Congo as well as Tanzania.

🐟

The Kivukoni market sells the night's catch straight off the boats in the morning.

🥁

Bongo flava came out of the city in the 1990s, mixing hip hop with taarab and local languages.

🌴

The name is Arabic and is usually translated as the abode of peace.

🌊

Zanzibar is a two hour ferry across, and the sea between them is warm year round.

Dar es Salaam at a glance

Country

Tanzania

Coordinates

6.79° S, 39.21° E

First played

10 May 2026

Also accepted

Dar

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Dar es Salaam.