Kwembe

Kwembe
Kata ya Kwembe (Swahili)
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Homes in Kwembe
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Ubungo's capital
Kwembe is located in Tanzania
Kwembe
Kwembe
Coordinates: 6°48′27.72″S 39°4′54.48″E / 6.8077000°S 39.0818000°E / -6.8077000; 39.0818000
Country Tanzania
RegionDar es Salaam Region
DistrictUbungo District
Area
 • Total60.4 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total56,899
DemonymKwembean
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili
 • AncestralZaramo
Tanzanian Postal Code
16111

Kwembe (Kata ya Kwembe in Swahili) is an administrative ward and district capital of the Ubungo District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. The ward is bordered to the north by the wards of Mbezi and Kibamba, and to the east by the wards of Kinyerezi and Pugu in the Ilala District. To the west the ward is bordred with Kisarawe District's the Kiluvya and Kisarawe wards of Pwani Region. According to the 2012 Census the ward has a population of 56,899 [1]

  1. ^ "Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2023.