Kinondoni is one of five
districts
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in
Dar es Salaam
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, Tanzania, others being
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 ...
,
Kigamboni,
Ubungo and
Ilala (downtown Dar es Salaam). To the east is the
Indian Ocean
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, to the north and west the
Pwani Region
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of Tanzania. The area of Kinondoni is .
The 2002 Tanzanian National
Census
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showed that the population of Kinondoni was 1,083,913. The census of 2012 showed that the population of Kinondoni was 1,775,049: 914,247 female and 860,802 male. There are 446,504 households in Kinondoni with an average of 4 people per household.
The original inhabitants of Kinondoni were the
Zaramo and
Ndengereko, but due to urbanization the district has become multi-ethnic.
Wards
Below is a list of the wards in Kinondoni District:
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Bunju
Bunju is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Goba
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Hananasif
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Kawe
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Kibamba
Kibamba is an administrative ward in the Ubungo district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Kigogo
Kigogo is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Kijitonyama
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Kimara
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Kinondoni
Kinondoni is one of five districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, others being Temeke, Kigamboni, Ubungo and Ilala (downtown Dar es Salaam). To the east is the Indian Ocean, to the north and west the Pwani Region of Tanzania. The area of Kinondoni ...
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Kunduchi
Kunduchi is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Magomeni
Magomeni is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Makumbusho
Makumbusho is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 85,268 people in the ward, ...
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Makurumla
Makurumla is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Mbezi
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Mbweni
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Msasani
Msasani is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The ward is located north west of Dar es Salaam central business district. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 4 ...
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Mwananyamala
Mwananyamala is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Mzimuni
Mzimuni is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania
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Ndugumbi
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Tandale
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Mbezi Juu
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Mabwepande
# Wazi
Sources
Kinondoni District homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National CensusKinondoni Municipal Council
References
{{Districts of Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Districts of Dar es Salaam Region
Populated places in Dar es Salaam Region