Dodoma is Tanzania’s capital, but Dar es Salaam (Arabic: “House of Peace”) on the Indian Ocean is the country’s economic centre and the city with the largest population. The official language is Kisuaheli. It means “language of the coastal inhabitants”, for this language was initially spoken by the Arabic people on the Indian Ocean. During the 19th century it established itself as the language of the merchants. Great Ruaha River and Udzungwa Mountains Ifakara
Mji mkuu wa Tanzania ni Dodoma. Mji wenye wakazi wengi na mji ambao ni kitovu kiuchumi ni Dar-es-Salaam (kwa kiarabu “Nyumba ya amani”) uliopo kando ya bahari ya Hindi. Lugha rasmi ni Kiswahili ambayo inaweza kutafsiriwa kama “Lugha ya wakazi wa pwani”, maana, kwa asili ilizungumzwa na watu wenye asili ya kiarabu, pwani ya bahari ya Hindi na kujiimarisha kama lugha ya kibiashara katika karne ya 19.