Mbagala is an administrative ward in the

Temeke Temeke District (officially known as Temeke Municipal Council ) is one of five district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with Kinondoni to the far north of the city, and Ilala in the downtown of Dar es Salaam. To the east is the Indian Ocean and to ...

district of the

Dar es Salaam Region Dar es Salaam Region (''Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions and is located in the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is compar ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

. The ward lies south of the Dar es Salaam central business

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 70,290. It is also the site of an army base, which was hit by a deadly ammunition dump explosion on April 29, 2009.''Huge blasts rock Tanzanian city''
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Temeke District Wards of Dar es Salaam Region {{DaresSalaam-geo-stub