Kurasini
Kata ya Kurasini (Swahili) | |
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   From top to bottom: View of Ilala MC from Kurasini ward, Cargo business in Kurasini ward and Street in Kurasini ward | |
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| Coordinates: 6°49′49.8″S 39°17′9.96″E / 6.830500°S 39.2861000°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Dar es Salaam Region |
| District | Temeke District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 26,193 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Ancestral | Zaramo |
| Tanzanian Postal Code | 15109 |
Kurasini (Kata ya Kurasini, in Swahili) is an administrative ward in the Temeke district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Home of The Dar es Salaam Port, It is the location of the Port of Dar es Salaam; the fourth-largest port in Africa on the Indian Ocean, The National Police College, the Mgulani Police Barracks, Tanzania Immigration Headquarters, Diplomacy College and the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair Grounds. Kurasini, under the British occupation of Tanganyika was built before 1940 for European port officials only .[1] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 26,193.[2]
- ^ Dar es Salaam City Master Plan 2016-2036 (PDF) (Report). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 2021-11-20.