Ubungo District
Ubungo District, officially the, Ubungo Municipal Council is one of five districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.
Ubungo District, officially the, Ubungo Municipal Council is one of five districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The Kinondoni District and Kibaha of the Pwani Region border the district to the north; the Kisarawe District of Pwani Region borders it to the west; and the Ilala District borders the it to the south and east. The district covers an area of 269.4 km2 (104.0 sq mi). The district is comparable in size to the land area of St. Kitts and Nevis. The administrative seat is Kwembe. The district is home to the University of Dar es Salaam, The Magufuli Bus Terminal, the largest in the country, and Pande Game Reserve the largest protected land area in Dar es Salaam Region. In addition, the district is home to the largest natural gas powered power station, the Ubungo Thermal Power Station and the headquarters of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). The 2022 census states the population of the district as 1,086,912.
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Worth seeing in and around Ubungo District
6 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.
800 m · 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.
1 km · university in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda · Wikipedia - 03Ardhi 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.
2.9 km · public university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 04Ubungo 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.
400 m · building in Africa · 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.
2.4 km · shopping mall in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 06Ubungo 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.
700 m · building in Tanzania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ubungo District
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 9 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 63 km
- Zanzibar → Ubungo District69 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 49m · TSh18,420–49,850
- Arusha → Ubungo District471 km · quickest by air, 6h 3m · TSh168,040–258,900
- Mwanza → Ubungo District843 km · quickest by air, 4h 49m · TSh196,370–304,380
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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 Ubungo 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 Ubungo 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 Ubungo District
Ubungo District is 8 km from Dar es Salaam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.