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A Visit to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

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Dar-es-salaam – Haven of Peace Dar-es-Salaam is on the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania. The original name of Dar-es-salaam before it was given that name by the Sultan of Zanzibar and Pemba was Mzizima. It is the biggest City in Tanzania and most people imagine that it is naturally the capital. It was, until 1973 when government operations were moved to the more centrally placed but little known town of Dodoma. Dar-es-salaam is a coconut-fringed sprawling city of about four million inhabitants. Compared to Nairobi, the city residents appear slower in their pace and definitely more polite. The weather is usually hot and humid. Air conditioning is common in shops whose doors remained closed to retain a cool air on the inside. There are numerous Forex bureaux’s in the city center which compete for business by displaying their rates on large banners on the pavement. Anyone wanting to change foreign currency to the local Tanzanian shillings and vice versa is able to postpone changing the mone...

Shingopana Songwensis: Rare Dinosaur Fossil Discovery in East Africa

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Introduction The United Republic of Tanzania is a country with the tallest mountain in Africa—Kilimanjaro. It is in East Africa and is made up of the islands of Zanzibar and the mainland territory that was formerly Tanganyika before the union. Tanzania is a member of the East African Community that brings together Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. Several human fossils have been discovered there, notably at Olduvai Gorge. For the first time, fossils of a dinosaur have also been discovered in Songwe. Dinosaur fossils are the preserved remains or traces of dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago. These can include bones, teeth, footprints, and even skin impressions that have been turned into stone over time. Dinosaurs were reptiles of differing diets. Some are carnivores, while others are herbivores. Many dinosaurs were gigantic, weighing up to 100 tonnes. Nearly 1000 species of dinosaurs have been identified from different places arou...