Makumbusho
Makumbusho is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.
Makumbusho is an administrative ward in Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. Mikocheni and Mwananyamala form the ward's northern and eastern borders, respectively. The ward is bordered to the south by the wards of Ndugumbi and Magomeni. Tandale and Kijitonyama wards are in the west. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 68,093.
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Worth seeing in and around Makumbusho
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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga is a diocese located in the city of Tanga in the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.
3.8 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 02The 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.
1.8 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 03Hubert 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 km · private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 04Mohammed VI Mosque, Dar es Salaam
The Mohammed VI Mosque is a Friday mosque in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The mosque complex also serves as the headquarters of the National Muslim Council of Tanzania.
1.9 km · mosque in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 05Mlimani 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.
4 km · shopping mall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 06University 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.
3.9 km · Private university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 07Selander Bridge
Selander Bridge is a bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania that connects the north west of Dar es Salaam's city centre to the south eastern Oyster Bay neighbourhood.
3.4 km · bridge in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 08Tanzania Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center
Tanzania Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center is a Buddhist temple located in Dar es Salaam.
3.1 km · Buddhist temple in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 09Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial House
Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial House is a museum dedicated to the Tanzanian founding father Julius Nyerere. It is located in Mzimuni ward of Kinondoni District in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.
2.3 km · museum for Julius Nyerere · Wikipedia - 10Oyster Bay Rear Range Lighthouse
The Oyster Bay Rear Range Lighthouse is located on the coast of Dar es salaam, Tanzania in Oyster Bay. The lighthouse works in conjunction with the Oyster Bay Range Front Lighthouse to warn ships away from the cliffs at the Msasani peninsula.
3.8 km · lighthouse in Tanzania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Makumbusho
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 10 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 63 km
- Zanzibar → Makumbusho70 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 31m · TSh13,340–42,000
- Arusha → Makumbusho1 km · quickest by road, 4 min · TSh80–110
- Mwanza → Makumbusho849 km · quickest by air, 4h 50m · TSh197,020–305,480
- 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 Makumbusho
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 Makumbusho. 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.
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Next door to Makumbusho
Makumbusho is 4 km from Dar es Salaam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ilala Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.7 km
- Kinondoni Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania1.8 km
- Upanga Eastward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania4 km
- Upanga Westward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.1 km
- Magomeniward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2.6 km
- Mwananyamalaward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania700 m