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Nguvumali

Nguvumali is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania.

The place

Nguvumali is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania. Chumbageni and Kiomoni form the northern and southern borders of the ward. Majengo forms the eastern boundary of the ward. Mwanzange lies to the south, while Maweni Ward is to the west.

The ward covers an area of 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 26 m (85 ft). According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 15,133.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Nguvumali

4 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.

  1. 01
    Amboni Caves

    The Amboni Caves are a limestone cave complex in East Africa. They are located in Kiomoni ward of Tanga in Tanga Region of Tanzania off the Tanga-Mombasa road, 8 km north of Tanga City center.

    9.2 km · cave in Tanzania · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mkwakwani 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.

    2.6 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ras Kazone Rear Range Lighthouse

    The Ras Kazone Rear Range Lighthouse is located in Tanga Region in northeastern Tanzania.

    5.5 km · lighthouse in Tanzania · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Eckernforde Tanga University

    Eckernforde Tanga University is a private university in Tanga, Tanzania.

    4.5 km · Private university in Tanzania · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Nguvumali

Airports
Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 128 km · Moi (MBA), 129 km · Julius Nyerere (DAR), 200 km
Stations
Tanga Airport, 1.7 km · Port of Tanga, 3.4 km
  • Zanzibar → Nguvumali
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Dar es Salaam → Nguvumali
    599 km · quickest by road, 14h 42m · TSh64,200–85,600
  • Arusha → Nguvumali
    292 km · quickest by road, 8h 56m · TSh31,550–42,050
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Nguvumali

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 Nguvumali. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMatatus leave for the border at Horohoro every morning for 800-1,200 KSh.

From Wikivoyage: Tanga, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Pemba IslandTZ

    7 ways of moving, 10 sources

    74 km
  2. 02
    Diani BeachKE

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    102 km
  3. 03
    ZanzibarTZ

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    123 km
  4. 04
    LamuKE

    9 ways of moving, 27 sources

    371 km
  5. 05
    Ssese IslandsUG

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    917 km

If you know how people move in Nguvumali – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Nguvumali

Nguvumali is 3 km from Tanga, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.