Mwenge is a trading and partly residential area located a few kilometers from Dar es Salaam, CBD in Tanzania. It is the intersection of Bagamoyo Road and Sam Nujoma Road.
Mwenge is especially known for the large Makonde Market famous for ebony sculptures. The market is a major tourist attraction of Dar es Salaam. Several shops have adjacent workshops where visitors are invited to watch Makonde sculptors at work.
Mwenge is one of the main daladala (share taxi) stations of Dar es Salaam; uncountable daladalas go back and forth from Mwenge to the Dar es Salaam central business district), as well as other destinations, throughout the day.
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