Vingunguti is an administrative ward in 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 ...

of the

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. The ward lies south west of the

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 ...

central business

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 106,946. The total number of residents at Vingunguti ward is 106,946 and 21868 households. It comprises six Mitaa, namely Mtambani, Mtakuja, Miembeni, Kombo, Butiama and Majengo. The name Vingunguti is originated from the presence of long trees, so called Minguti in 1970 and that time there were two streets Wapendanao (Kombo) and Mtambani, the first school was known as TAPA which has provided pre-primary school and primary school from standard 1 to 4 level. In 1980 the streets was increased from two streets up to four streets as Mtakuja and Miembeni come up to the list. In 1990's Mlawa

Dispensary A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispen ...

was established near Miembeni area and goes to be the very first Health center in the area. The name comes from the Dr.Mlawa who was the doctor at Muhimbili Referral Hospital (Muhimbili National Hospital) who was living in Vingunguti. The first primary schools in Vingunguti are Kombo and Vingunguti 'A' were established in early in 1980s then Mtakuja and Miembeni were come to the list in 2000. The only Secondary School to admit ordinary level students in the ward was Vingunguti Secondary School near Miembeni area in 2010. Vingunguti Ward has a total of 4 dispensaries operating in the area namely Vingunguti (Mlawa), Emara, Tayma and Afya Bora. Sources of water are long and short (depth) wells, tap water and river water from Msimbazi River Valley. Source of income are entrepreneurship, business activities, trading activities, salary, salary from casual labor, house renting, local transportation services (bodaboda, bajaj and Taxi) along with whole sale and retail shops. There are railways and all seasonal roads in the area used as the main means of the transportation. The common likely used food in Vingunguti is Cassava, beans, rice, maize flour (sembe), wheat flour, meat, potatoes and banana. Vingunguti also hosts the following; Chai Bora a famous tea manufacturer based in Vingunguti.

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