Pugu is a Tanzanian town close to

Kisarawe Kisarawe is one of the six districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by Dar es Salaam Region, to the north by the Kibaha District, to the east by the Mkuranga District, to the south by the Rufiji District and to the we ...

, about 20 km south-west of

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

. It is formally an administrative ward of the

Ilala District Ilala District (Officially known as Ilala Municipal Council ) is one of five districts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the others being Temeke to the South and Kinondoni to the North and Ubungo to the northwest. The 2012 National Tanzania Census s ...

, in the

Dar es Salaam Region Dar es Salaam Region (''Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and is located in the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land and ...

. At the 2002 census, the ward had a total population of 14,652. Pugu is located in a hilly region called the Pugu Hills. The local population is mostly from the

Zaramo The Zaramo people, also referred to as Dzalamo or Saramo, are a Bantu ethnic group native to the central coast of Tanzania, particularly Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region. They are the largest ethnic group in and around Dar es Salaam, the for ...

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, with a smaller percentage of Makonde people. The village has a large agriculture cattle market, a school, and a mission. A historical

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commemorates the

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missionaries that were killed here in the 19th century.

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