Manzese is an administrative ward in the Ubungo District of the

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. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 66,866. Manzese was founded as a squatted

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and had a population of 90,000 in 1975. A third of its adults were working full-time. By 1980, it had infrastructure such as roads and sanitation facilities.

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