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Kigamboni
Kigamboni District, officially known as The Kigamboni Municipal Council (''Halimashauri ya Manispaa ya Kigamboni'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of five Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north by Ilala District, to the east by the Indian Ocean, the west by Temeke District, and to the south by the Mkuranga District of Pwani Region. It covers an area of , making it the largest district the region by area. The district is comparable in size to the land area of Micronesia. The administrative seat is Somangila. The district is home to the headquarters of the Tanzania Naval Command, Tanzanian Navy, Kigamboni Naval Base, The Kigamboni Naval Base. Also the district is home to the prestigious Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy. In addition the district is one of two districts in Dar es Salaam that has a National Historic Sites of Tanzania, National Historic Site, with Kigamboni hosting the most, namely the Kimbij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisarawe II
Kisarawe II or unofficially East Kisarawe (''Kata ya Kisarawe'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Kigamboni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The Kibada and Mjimwema, Kigamboni, Mjimwema form the ward's northern border. East is Somangila. Pembamnazi borders it to the south. Toangoma in the Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Temeke District, as well as Vianzi and Vikindu in the Pwani Region's Mkuranga District, Pwani, Mkuranga District, border the west. Since Kisarawe II is the district's top agricultural producer, it is known as Kigamboni's "ricebowl" and "food basket". In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 10,401 people in the ward, from 8,306 in 2012. Administration The postal code for Kibada Ward is ''17104''. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa'')/Villages (''Vitongoji''): * Kichangani, Kisarawe II * Kigogo, Kisarawe II * Lingato * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kigamboni Naval Base
The Kigamboni Naval Base (''Kituo cha Jeshi la Wanamaji Kigamboni'', in Swahili) is a naval base located in Kigamboni ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The base also hosts the Kigamboni Navy Health Center that is available to the public as well as Navy personnel. The base was built with assistance from China in return for international support in the global stage. President Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika (1961–1964), Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as presid ... laid the foundation stone on 6 May 1970. References External links * China and Tanzania conclude historic naval exercise Tanzania Navy bases {{Africa-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somangila
Somangila (''Kata ya Somangila'', in Swahili) is an administrative ward and district capital of the Kigamboni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The Indian Ocean borders the ward to the north, Kimbiji to the south and Kisarawe II Kisarawe II or unofficially East Kisarawe (''Kata ya Kisarawe'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Kigamboni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The Kibada and Mjimwema, Kigamboni, Mjimwema form the wa ... on the southwest. The ward is home to Mbuamaji and Mbutu Bandarini historic sites. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 19,283. Administration The postal code for Somagila Ward is ''17102''. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa'')/ Villages (''Vitongoji''): * Bamba * Dege * Kichangani * Kizani * Malimbika * Mbwamaji or Mbuamaji * Minondo * Mkwajuni, Somangila * Mwanzo Mgumu * Mwera, Somangila * Sara * Shirikisho * Visikini G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinda Island
Sinda Island (''Kisiwa cha Sinda'', in Swahili) is a protected, uninhabited island in the indian Ocean under the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve (DMRS) with the IUCN category II located within Kigamboni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The islands reserve measures around 4.6km2 consisting of inner and outer Sinder Island. South of the island is Kikwero reef and west is the Somangila ward of Kigamboni. The island is home to endangered coconunt crabs. The Islands are home to ruins that date back to the 19th century, but Arab sailor Ibn Majid first noted the islands in 1470. See also * Tanzania Marine Parks and Reserves Unit *List of protected areas of Tanzania Protected areas in Tanzania (''Hifadhi za Mali hai za Tanzania'', in Swahili language, Swahili) are extremely varied, ranging from sea habitats over grasslands to the top of the Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. About a third of the c ... References Coastal islands of Tanzania Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbutu Bandarini
Mbutu Bandarini Ruins() is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Somangila ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Despite years of indifference that led to vandalism of the site, the Tanzanian government has contracted a firm to begin repair operations as soon as feasible. Site The site is situated near the Bandarini River delta, close to the seashore, about 2.5 km east of the settlement of Mwongozo in Somangila ward. The site featuring ruined buildings and a mosque's ruins in stones. There is a graveyard and an old well close to the mosque. The mosque at the location is thought to have been constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries A.D. On the surface of the site, there are significant concentrations of native pottery. Chinese celadon Celadon () is a term for pottery denoting both wares ceramic glaze, glazed in the jade green Shades of green#Celadon, celadon color, also known as greenware or "green ware" (the term special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembamnazi
Pembamnazi, also known as Pemba Mnazi, (''Kata ya Pembamnazi'', in Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Kigamboni district of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The Indian Ocean forms the ward's eastern and southern boundaries. The Pwani Region's Mkuranga District's Shungubweni and Vianzi Wards are to the west. The ward is bordered to the north by the wards of Kisarawe II Kisarawe II or unofficially East Kisarawe (''Kata ya Kisarawe'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Kigamboni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The Kibada and Mjimwema, Kigamboni, Mjimwema form the wa ... and Kimbiji. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,112 people in the ward, from 9,672 in 2012. Administration The postal code for Pembamnazi Ward is ''17105''. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa'')/Villages (''Vitongoji''): * Buyuni Center * Chambewa * Gulubwida * Kibungo * Kichangani * Kw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyerere Bridge
Nyerere Bridge also unofficially known as Kigamboni Bridge (''Daraja la Nyerere'', in Swahili) is a 680-meter-long bridge located in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania that connects the Temeke District's ward of Kurasini from the east to the west of Kigamboni District's Vijibweni ward across the Kurasini estuary. Construction work began in February 2012 and completed in April 2016. The completion of the bridge has offered an alternative transport link to the new district of Kigamboni. Previously, the Kivukoni ferry provided a quick transport link between south east of the Dar es Salaam Central Business District specifically from south east of Kivukoni to north west of Kigamboni. The bridge has six lanes (three on each direction) and two pedestrians/cyclists lanes with width of 2.5 meters (one on each side). Construction of 2.5 km approach roads were completed with 1 km on the Kurasini side in Temeke District and 1.5 km on the Kigamboni side. The road joins t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dar Es Salaam Region
Dar es Salaam Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and is located on the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land and water areas of the nation state of Mauritius. Dar es Salaam Region is bordered to the east by the Indian Ocean and is entirely surrounded by Pwani Region. The Pwani districts that border Dar es Salaam region are Bagamoyo District to the north, Kibaha Urban District to the west, Kisarawe District to the southwest and Mkuranga District to the south of the region. The region's seat (capital) is located inside the ward of Ilala. The region is named after the city of Dar es Salaam itself. The region is home to Tanzania's major finance, administration and industries, thus the making it the country's richest region. The region also has the second highest Human Development Index in the country after Mjini Magharibi. According to the 2022 census, the region has a total populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimbiji Ruins
Kimbiji Ruins () is a Medieval Swahili, National Historic Site located in Kimbiji ward of Kigamboni District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Although the site has been vandalized by an illegally felled tree that fell on the mosque, the Tanzanian government is working to launch restoration measures as soon as possible. History The location of this place is around 300 meters to the east of Kimbiji town. There are stone ruins there with a lot of indigenous and foreign pottery on the surface. Additionally, there is a mosque that is in ruins and is thought to have been built in the 18th century A.D. The land around the mosque is a cemetery, and the majority of the burials contain large fragments of European objects from the 18th and 19th centuries that were utilized in religious acts. Local potsherds were found in great quantity in a shovel test trench dug at the location, which was filled to a depth of 80 cm with them. The site may have been inhabited continuously for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy
Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy (MNMA) is an undergraduate university dating back to the dawn of Tanzania's independence in 1961. It is located in Kigamboni District of Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It took over the assets and functions of the former Kivukoni Academy of Social Sciences. Historical background The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy emerged from an institution once called Kivukoni College. Phase 1 In February 1958, the National Conference of TANU which was held in Tabora passed a Resolution to establish a college for adults in the lines of Ruskin College Ruskin College, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford, is a higher education institution and part of the University of West London, in Oxford, England. It is not a Colleges of the University of Oxford, college of Oxford University. Named ... in Oxford. The college was to be a tool for spreading understanding of social, political and economic problems facing underdeveloped countries such as Tangany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temeke District
Temeke District, officially the Temeke Municipal Council (''Halimashauri ya Manispaa ya Temeke'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of five Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Temeke is bordered to the south by the Mkuranga District, Pwani, Mkuranga District of the Pwani Region, to the north by the Indian Ocean, and to the northwest by the Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, Ilala District. Temeke's eastern boundary is shared by Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam, Kigamboni District. The district covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of Cook Islands. The administrative seat is Miburani. The district is home to the University of Dar es Salaam's School of Education, the National Stadium (Tanzania), National Stadium, the largest stadium in the country, Port of Dar es Salaam the largest port in the country, and Chamazi Stadium, The Chamazi Stadium the largest privately owned stadium. The 2012 National Tanzania Census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania Naval Command
The Tanzania Naval Command () is the naval warfare, naval military, military branch of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF). It was established in 1971 with assistance from China. History In the years immediately following History of Tanzania#Independence and Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, independence, Tanzania did not have a navy. Coastal patrols were performed by the Police Marine Unit, using four Type 368 craft lent by the West Germany, West German government. Cooperation ended abruptly following the recognition of Government of East Germany, East Germany by the Tanzanian government in February 1965. Type 062 gunboat, Four Shanghai class boats were given to the Police by the Government of the People's Republic of China to replace the West German vessels. These were to later form the nucleus of the Tanzanian Naval Command. In 1968, the PRC reached an agreement to build a naval base for the TNC. Work on the facility began in January 1970, and was complete in December 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
