Kinondoni is one of five

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, Tanzania, others being Temeke,

Kigamboni Kigamboni District (officially known as Kigamboni Municipal Council) is a district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kigamboni District is divided into 9 administrative wards. # Tungi # Vijibweni # Kimbiji # Kisarawe II # Kigamboni # Mjimwema # Ki ...

Ubungo Ubungo District (officially known as Ubungo Municipal Council) is one of five districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the others being Ilala to the South and Kinondoni to the North and Kigamboni across Kivukoni harbor. Wards Ilala District is s ...

and Ilala (downtown Dar es Salaam). To the east is the

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, to the north and west the Pwani Region of Tanzania. The area of Kinondoni is . The 2002 Tanzanian National

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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

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and Ndengereko, but due to urbanization the district has become multi-ethnic.

Wards

Below is a list of the wards in Kinondoni District: # Bunju # Goba #

Hananasif Hananasif or Hanna Nassif is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East ...

# Kawe # Kibamba # Kigogo #

Kijitonyama Kijitonyama is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa wit ...

Kimara Kimara is an administrative ward in the Ubungo district of the Dar es Salaam's central business district, east of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in ...

# Kinondoni # Kunduchi # Magomeni # Makumbusho # Makurumla #

Mbezi Mbezi is an administrative ward in the Ubungo of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Gr ...

# Mbweni # Mikocheni #

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 ...

# Mwananyamala #

Mzimuni Mzimuni is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within ...

Ndugumbi Ndugumbi (''Kata ya Ndugumbi'' in Swahili) is an administrative ward and district capital of the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. Tandale and Makumbusho ward border the ward to the north, Mzimuni to the east, Makuru ...

Tandale Tandale is an administrative ward in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...

Mbezi Juu Mbezi is an administrative ward in the Ubungo of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Gr ...

# Makongo # Mabwepande # Wazi

Sources

Kinondoni District homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census

Kinondoni Municipal Council

References

{{Districts of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Districts of Dar es Salaam Region Populated places in Dar es Salaam Region