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Kigamboni

Kigamboni District

Kigamboni District, officially known as The Kigamboni Municipal Council is one of five districts of the of . 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 .
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Photo: Matthias Krämer, Public domain.
Photo: Matthias Krämer, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb with 318,000 residents
  • Description: district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Tanzania and St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dar es Salaam.

Museum
Photo: Moongateclimber, Public domain.
The , is a consortium of several museums whose purpose is to preserve and show objects from the history and natural environment of Tanzania.

Church
Photo: alexander johmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Saint Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . It is a Gothic church located in Sokoine Drive, facing the harbour, close to the . is situated 2½ km west of Kigamboni District.

Hospital
The is a historical building of a hospital in , . It was opened on October 1, 1897, as the Imperial Governorate Hospital for the former colony of German East Africa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar es Salaam and Mwananyamala.

Photo: Roland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of on the site of the village of Mzizima. Mzizima's history dates back to when the Barawa people started to settle and cultivate the area around Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole, and Kibonde Maji Mbagara.

Locality
is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the in . The ward is bordered to the north by ward and to the east by and Kinondoni. is situated 7 km northwest of Kigamboni District.

Kigamboni District

Latitude
-6.82549° or 6° 49′ 32″ south
Longitude
39.30941° or 39° 18′ 34″ east
Population
318,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6G5X58F5+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3348760012
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
157763
Wiki­data ID
Q3815143
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kigamboni District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية كيغامبوني”
  • Cebuano: “Kigamboni”
  • Chinese: “基加博尼”
  • Dutch: “Kigamboni”
  • French: “Kigamboni”
  • German: “Kigamboni (Distrikt)”
  • German: “Kigamboni”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή Κιγκαμπόνι”
  • Irish: “Kigamboni”
  • Italian: “Kigamboni”
  • Italian: “Magogoni Creek”
  • Swahili: “Kigamboni”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Kigamboni”
  • Zulu: “Kigamboni District”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kigamboni Police Station and Kigamboni Courthouse.

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