German East Africa spanned 994,996 square kilometers and was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany.
 The Central Railroad covered 775 mi (1,247 km) and linked Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tabora, and Kigoma
:22 By 1914, Dar es Salaam and the surrounding province had a population of 166,000, among them 1,000 Germans

