Ada Estate is a primarily residential neighborhood and suburb of Kinondoni ward in
Kinondoni District of
Dar es Salaam Region in (
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
). In this suburb there are several embassies, including the
French embassy; the
American embassy was also in Ada Estate before being transferred after the
1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous car bomb, truck bomb explosions in two East African capital cities, one at the Embassy of the Uni ...
. The suburb also includes some of the most advanced hospitals in Dar es Salaam, including the
Tanzania Heart Institute (the only Tanzanian hospital specialized in
cardiology
Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...
).
External links
Tanzania Heart Instituteh1>
References
Geography of Dar es Salaam
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