Kigamboni District
Kigamboni District, officially known as The Kigamboni Municipal Council is one of five districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.
Kigamboni District, officially known as The Kigamboni Municipal Council is one of five districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north by Ilala District, to the east by the Indian Ocean, the west by Temeke District, and to the south by the Mkuranga District of Pwani Region. It covers an area of 578.3 km2 (223.3 sq mi), making it the largest district the region by area. The district is comparable in size to the land area of Micronesia. The administrative seat is Somangila. The district is home to the headquarters of the Tanzanian Navy, The Kigamboni Naval Base. Also the district is home to the prestigious Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy. In addition the district is one of two districts in Dar es Salaam that has a National Historic Site, with Kigamboni hosting the most, namely the Kimbiji Ruins, Mbutu Bandarini and Mbuamaji historic sites. The 2012 National Tanzania Census states the population for Kigamboni as 162,932.
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Worth seeing in and around Kigamboni District
10 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.
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- 10National Institute for Medical Research
National public health institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Getting to Kigamboni District
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 14 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 67 km
- Stations
- Port of Dar es Salaam, 3.3 km
- Zanzibar → Kigamboni DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Arusha → Kigamboni District604 km · quickest by air, 11h 27m · TSh247,190–377,550
- Mwanza → Kigamboni District960 km · quickest by air, 10h 13m · TSh275,520–423,030
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kigamboni District
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 Kigamboni District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLook for those marked POSTA, which is the main Post Office in the city centre next to the ferry terminal.
- Get inHitchhiking is uncommon, dangerous, and most drivers will expect some form of payment from foreigners.
- Get inThe BRT runs on dedicated lanes, bypassing traffic jams that slow down regular cars and minibuses (dala-dala).
- Get inPhase 1: Connects Kimara in the west to Kivukoni Ferry and Morocco, passing through the city centre (Posta).
- Get inTravellers can take a short taxi, ride-hail, or dala-dala from the airport to connect to the nearest BRT stops along Nyerere Road, then continue by BRT into the city centre or other destinations.
From Wikivoyage: Dar es Salaam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kigamboni District
Kigamboni District is 5 km from Dar es Salaam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kivukoniward of Tanzania2.8 km
- Gerezaniward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.2 km
- MchafukogeWard in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.8 km
- Upanga Eastward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.9 km
- Kisutu, Dar Es Salaamward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.4 km
- Kigamboniward in Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania1.7 km