Kijitonyama
Kijitonyama is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.
Kijitonyama is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The ward is surrounded on its northern side by the wards of Makumbusho, Mwananyamala, and Hananasif. The ward is bordered to the east by the Ilala MC wards of Upanga West and Mchikichini. Wards Mzimuni and Ndugumbi form the southern and western borders. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 58,132.
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Worth seeing in and around Kijitonyama
9 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.
- 01University of Dar es Salaam
The University of Dar es Salaam is a public university located in Ubungo District, in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London and became an affiliate of the University of East Africa in 1963, shortly after Tanganyika gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
3.2 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 02University of East Africa
The University of East Africa was established on 29 June 1963 and served Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the eastern African Great Lakes region. The university was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.
3.4 km · university in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda · Wikipedia - 03The Open University of Tanzania
The Open University of Tanzania is a distance learning public university in Tanzania and the largest by the number of students. It was established by an Act of Parliament No.
3.7 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 04Ardhi University
Ardhi University also known as ARU is a public university located in Makongo in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established 28 March 2007, though it has been offering training for more than 60 years in different status.
2.4 km · public university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 05Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University is a private medical university located in Mikocheni ward of Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is an accredited university recognized by the government Tanzania through the Tanzania Commission for Universities.
2.4 km · private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 06Ubungo I Thermal Power Station
Ubungo I Thermal Power Station, also known as the Ubungo Power Plant, is a natural gas-fueled power plant located in Ubungo of Ubungo District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. It began commercial operations on 30 July 2008 with an installed capacity of 110 megawatts.
3.9 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 07Mlimani City
Mlimani City is a shopping mall on Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is one of the largest malls in the country, with an area of 30,000 m2.
1.5 km · shopping mall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 08University of Bagamoyo
University of Bagamoyo is a private university in Tanzania. It was started by the Tanzania Legal Education Trust and The Legal and Human Rights Centre.
2.4 km · Private university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 09Ubungo II Thermal Power Station
Ubungo II Thermal Power Station was an extension to the Ubungo I Power Station and began commercial operations in 2012. The power-plant is located in Ubungo of Ubungo District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.
3.5 km · building in Tanzania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kijitonyama
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 11 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 61 km
- Zanzibar → Kijitonyama68 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 35m · TSh14,470–43,750
- Arusha → Kijitonyama473 km · quickest by air, 6h 7m · TSh169,690–261,550
- Mwanza → Kijitonyama848 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · TSh198,020–307,030
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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 Kijitonyama
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 Kijitonyama. 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 Kijitonyama
Kijitonyama is 7 km from Dar es Salaam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Mwananyamalaward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2.9 km
- Makurumulaward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.6 km
- Manzeseward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2.9 km
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