Ukonga
Ukonga is an administrative ward of the Ilala Municipical Council of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.
Ukonga is an administrative ward of the Ilala Municipical Council of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. Kinyerezi forms the ward's northern boundary. To the east is Kipawa, and to the south are Kivule and Majohe. Gongolamboto ward is to the west. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 80,034.
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Worth seeing in and around Ukonga
3 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.
- 01Kampala International University in Tanzania
Kampala International University in Tanzania is a private university located in Gongo la Mboto ward of Ilala City in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 02Kinyerezi I Thermal Power Station
Kinyerezi I Thermal Power Station, also Kinyerezi 1 Thermal Power Station or Kinyerezi 1 Gas Plant, is a 150 MW, natural gas powered, electricity generating power station in Tanzania.
2.7 km · building in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 03Kinyerezi II Thermal Power Station
Kinyerezi II Thermal Power Station is a 240 MW, natural gas powered, electricity generating power station in Tanzania.
3 km · building in Tanzania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ukonga
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 4 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 73 km
- Stations
- Julius Nyerere International Airport, 3.5 km
- Zanzibar → Ukonga79 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 58m · TSh20,620–53,300
- Arusha → Ukonga477 km · quickest by air, 5h 50m · TSh161,960–249,500
- Mwanza → Ukonga847 km · quickest by air, 4h 36m · TSh190,290–294,980
- 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 Ukonga
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 Ukonga. 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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If you know how people move in Ukonga – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ukonga
Ukonga is 12 km from Dar es Salaam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kinyereziward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.7 km
- Kipawaward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.9 km
- Gongolambotoward in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania1.8 km