Uhuru Stadium (formerly known as the Tanzania National Stadium) is adjacent to the National Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Uwanja wa Uhuru (Swahili) | |
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Former names | Tanzania National Stadium |
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Address | Taifa Road |
Location | Miburani, Dar es Salaam,Tanzania |
Coordinates | 6.855675°S 39.272671°E / -6.855675; 39.272671 |
Public transit | Kurasini Station (4 km) |
Owner | Tanzanian government |
Type | Stadium |
Capacity | 23,000[1] |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Built | 1961 |
Tenants | |
Young Africans S.C., Simba S.C., JKT Ruvu Stars, Ruvu Shooting Stars[2] | |
Website | |
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Tanganyika's independence ceremony was celebrated at this stadium on 9 December 1961.[3] The independence anniversary has been celebrated at the stadium each year since then.[citation needed] It also has been the venue for the inaugural address of all past presidents.[citation needed]
The funeral service of Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, was held at the stadium on 21 October 1999.[4] Shortly after his death in office, president John Magufuli was laid-in-state at the stadium on 20 March 2021.[5] Forty-five people were killed in a stampede at the stadium on March 21, 2021.[6][7]
Five people from the same family have died in Tanzania in a stampede that occurred at a stadium in the port city of Dar es Salaam where hundreds of people were paying their last respects to the late President John Magufuli, according to local TV.
“There were a lot of people who wanted to get in the stadium, and some were not patient. They tried to force their way in and that resulted in a stampede. Forty-five died in the accident,” Dar-es-Salaam regional police commander Lazaro Mambosasa told the AFP news agency on Tuesday.
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