Manzese

Manzese
Kata ya Manzese (Swahili)
Ward of Ubungo District
From top to bottom:
Manzese pedestrian bridge, UDART in Manzese & steps of Manzese bridge
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Coordinates: 6°47′49.56″S 39°14′1.32″E / 6.7971000°S 39.2337000°E / -6.7971000; 39.2337000
Country Tanzania
RegionDar es Salaam Region
DistrictUbungo District
Area
 • Total1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total70,507
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili
 • AncestralZaramo
Tanzanian Postal Code
16108

Manzese (Kata ya Manzese, in Swahili) is an administrative ward in Ubungo District of the Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. Sinza and Kijitonyama, the latter belonging to Kinondoni MC, border the ward on the north. The ward is bordered to the east by the wards of Tandale, Ndugumbi, and Makurumla. Mabibo is in the south. Ubungo ward is to the west. Manzese was founded as a squatted informal settlement and had a population of 90,000 in 1975. A third of its adults were working full-time. By 1980, it had basic infrastructure such as roads and sanitation facilities.[1] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 70,507.[2]

  1. ^ Stren, Richard E. (January 1982). "Underdevelopment, Urban Squatting, and The State Bureaucracy: A Case Study of Tanzania". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 16 (1): 67–91. doi:10.1080/00083968.1982.10803994.
  2. ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 2021-11-19.