At the moment it has about 100.000 inhabitants. Its centre, called “Mainstreet”, is skirted by simple ground level houses interspersed with one-storey buildings from colonial times of the 30ies. Parallel to it, there is “Second Mainstreet” with rather primitive architecture.
Katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, idadi ya wakazi katika mji imekua kwa kasi kubwa sana, hivi sasa idadi ya wakazi inakadiriwa kuwa 100,000. Jiji linaundwa na majengo yenye gorofa moja, maarufu kama “Mainstreet” (Mtaa maarufu) ya tangia enzi za ukoloni kati ya miaka ya 1930 na 1939. Sambamba na mtaa huu ni mtaa wa pili kwa umaarufu (Second mainstreet) wenye majengo yenye kiasi kidogo cha usanifu.