Mjimwema
Kata ya Mjimwema (Swahili) | |
|---|---|
   From top to bottom: Downtown Mjimwema, Old Mosque in Old Mjimwema & Coconuts in Mjimwema ward | |
| Nickname: Kigamboni's ocean playground | |
| Coordinates: 6°51′1.8″S 39°21′19.8″E / 6.850500°S 39.355500°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Dar es Salaam Region |
| District | Kigamboni District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.3 km2 (9.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 27,789 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Ancestral | Zaramo |
| Tanzanian Postal Code | 17106 |
Mjimwema (Kata ya Mjimwema, in Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Kigamboni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Tungi and the Indian Ocean border the ward on its northern side. East is Somangila. South of it, it is bordered by Kibada and Kisarawe II. By Vijibweni, the west. Mjimwema is named after Medieval Swahili settlement that was once located in the ward.[1] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 27,789.[2]
- ^ de Vere Allen, James (1981). "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 14 (2): 306–334. doi:10.2307/218047. JSTOR 218047.
- ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 2021-11-19.