Chumbageni
Chumbageni is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania.
Chumbageni is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania. Tanga Bay and Mzizima Ward, which are separated by the Mkulumuzi River and Tanga Bay, border the ward to the north. Central ward is to the east. Majengo, Mwanzange, and Nguvumali wards are to the south. Kiomoni ward is to the west. The ward covers an area of 2.5 km2 (0.97 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 23 m (75 ft). According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 14,225.
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Worth seeing in and around Chumbageni
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mkwakwani Stadium
Mkwakwani Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tanga, Tanzania. It is used mostly for football matches, being the home venue for Coastal Union F.C., African Sports, and JKT Mgambo.
1.1 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 02Ras Kazone Rear Range Lighthouse
The Ras Kazone Rear Range Lighthouse is located in Tanga Region in northeastern Tanzania.
3.9 km · lighthouse in Tanzania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chumbageni
- Airports
- Moi (MBA), 128 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 129 km · Julius Nyerere (DAR), 201 km
- Stations
- Tanga Airport, 3.1 km · Port of Tanga, 1.8 km
- Mombasa → Chumbageni176 km · quickest by road, 5h 34m · KSh1,480–1,970
- Nairobi → Chumbageni427 km · quickest by road, 9h 21m · KSh2,370–3,160
- Zanzibar → ChumbageniTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Chumbageni
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chumbageni. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMatatus leave for the border at Horohoro every morning for 800-1,200 KSh.
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Next door to Chumbageni
- Tangacity in Tanzania1.2 km
- Tanga Districtdistrict in Tanga Region, Tanzania1 km
- Majengoward in Tanga District, Tanga Region, Tanzania1.1 km
- Nguvumaliward in Tanga District, Tanga Region1.6 km
- Usagaraward in Tanga District, Tanga Region2.2 km
- Central, Tanga Districtward in Tanga District, Tanga Region700 m