University of Dar es Salaam

university, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Also known as: University College

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Dar es Salaam

  • Dar es Salaam
    In Dar es Salaam

    Educational facilities include the University of Dar es Salaam (1961), several libraries and research institutes, and the National Museum. Dar es Salaam’s natural, nearly landlocked harbour is the outlet for most of mainland Tanzania’s agricultural and mineral exports and in addition serves the nearby land-locked countries of Uganda, Rwanda,…

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Tanzania

  • Tanzania
    In Tanzania: Education

    Universities in Tanzania include the University of Dar es Salaam (1961), formerly part of the University of East Africa, Sokoine University of Agriculture (1984), and Zanzibar University (1998). Extensive adult education has focused on eradicating illiteracy, and, as a result, more than two-thirds of the adult population is literate—above the…

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