Kigamboni District (officially known as Kigamboni Municipal Council) is a

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. Kigamboni District is divided into 9 administrative wards. # Tungi #

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# Kimbiji #

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# Kigamboni #

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Kigamboni was formerly an administrative ward within

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 t ...

District of

. As of 2002, the ward had a total population of 36,701.

Future development

Due to the expansion of economic activities,

is expanding faster. In the coming few years, it is expected to expand even more and economic activities will increase. Kigamboni has a strong presence with large tracts of good, unexploited land. According to various studies on the presence of unpolluted beaches, the redevelopment of Kigamboni will spearhead economic development and increase the national income. The big picture of the Kigamboni new city master plan is to provide sufficient infrastructure in order that the residents have a better quality of life and to build a core for developing new land demands of Dar es salaam, such as residential, commercial, trade and business, industrial, educational, and tourism facilities.

Economy

The Kigamboni shopping center is conveniently located near the Kigamboni Ferry Terminal allowing travellers to browse and purchase items whilst they are preparing to alight or after disembarking from the ferry.

Infrastructure

Bridge

The

Kigamboni Bridge Nyerere Bridge (also: Kigamboni Bridge) is a 680-meter-long bridge in Tanzania that connects the Dar es Salaam ward of Kurasini from the east to the west of Kigamboni district across the Kurasini estuary. Construction work began in February 2012 ...

/Mwl Nyerere Bridge runs from the west of Kigamboni to the east of

Kurasini Kurasini is an administrative ward in the Temeke District of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 34,501. It is the location of the Port of Dar es Salaam, the fourth-largest port in ...

area.

Transport

Maritime transport

Ferry

A ferry crossing from the south east of

Kivukoni Kivukoni is an administrative ward located in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Kivikoni's name come from the Swahili word meaning "a crossing place". The ward is bordered by Upanga East ward to the west, Kisutu ward to the sou ...

and the

central business district to the north west of Kigamboni.

Notable landmarks

TIPER The Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Limited (TIPER) is a joint venture between the Government of Tanzania (GoT) and Oryx Energies. It operates the largest oil terminal in the country, and will have a storage capacity of 213,200 m3 by 2 ...

, former refinery presently used as an oil terminal *

Kigamboni Naval Base The Kigamboni Naval Base is a naval base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. History The base was built with assistance from China. President Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colo ...

Gallery

A Mosque in Kigamboni.jpg, The mosque minaret (used for calling out prayer call (adhan) through the public announcement speakers) of Masjid Annur Ferry within the ward. MV Kigamboni.JPG, The MV ''Kigamboni'' DarEsSalaam-KigamboniBeach.jpg, A beach in Kigamboni along the western shores of the

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. Docking dhows.jpg, Dhows docking at Kigamboni.

References

Temeke District Wards of Dar es Salaam Region {{DaresSalaam-geo-stub