Uhuru Stadium

{{Short description|Historic Stadium in Temeke District of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.}}

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|address=Taifa Road

|location=Miburani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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|capacity = 23,000{{Cite web| url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/stadium/2894/Uhuru_Stadium.html| title=Uhuru Stadium}}

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|tenants= Young Africans S.C., Simba S.C., JKT Ruvu Stars, Ruvu Shooting Stars{{cite web | url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/tanzania.shtml | title=Stadiums in Tanzania | publisher=World Stadiums | access-date=27 January 2015}}

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|publictransit= Kurasini Station {{small|(4 km)}}

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Uhuru Stadium (formerly known as the Tanzania National Stadium) (Uwanja wa Uhuru in Swahili) is adjacent to the National Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

History

Tanganyika's independence ceremony was celebrated at this stadium on 9 December 1961.{{cite book | author=James Clagett Taylor | title=The Political Development of Tanganyika | url=https://archive.org/details/politicaldevelop0000tayl | url-access=registration | date=1 January 1963 | publisher=Stanford University Press | isbn=978-0-8047-0147-1 | page=[https://archive.org/details/politicaldevelop0000tayl/page/217 217]}} The independence anniversary has been celebrated at the stadium each year since then.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} It also has been the venue for the inaugural address of all past presidents.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

The funeral service of Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, was held at the stadium on 21 October 1999.{{cite book | author=Godfrey Mwakikagile | title=Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D4LcR4iOmcYC&pg=PA12 | year=2007 | publisher=Intercontinental Books | isbn=978-0-9802534-1-2 | page=12}} Shortly after his death in office, president John Magufuli was laid-in-state at the stadium on 20 March 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56472055|title=Mourners line Tanzania streets at ex-President Magufuli funeral|work=BBC News|date=20 March 2021|access-date=20 March 2021}} Forty-five people were killed in a stampede at the stadium on March 21, 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-tanzania-politics/at-least-five-people-dead-in-tanzania-stampede-as-crowds-view-body-of-dead-president-idUSKBN2BF121 |title=At least five people dead in Tanzania stampede as crowds view body of dead president |publisher=Reuters |date=March 23, 2021 |first=Elias |last=Biryabarema |editor-first=Angus |editor-last=MacSwan |quote=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.}}{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/30/tanzanian-police-say-45-died-in-stampede-at-magufuli-tribute |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=March 30, 2021 |title=Tanzanian police say 45 died in stampede at Magufuli tribute |quote=“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.}}

References

External links

[http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4z08x0ns Tanzania's New National Stadium and the Rhetoric of Development] by Steve Sortijas

Category:Football venues in Tanzania

Category:Sport in Dar es Salaam

Category:Sports venues completed in 2009

Category:2009 establishments in Tanzania

Category:Buildings and structures in Dar es Salaam