Mahembe

Ward in Kigoma District, Kigoma Region

Ward in Kigoma Region, Tanzania

Mahembe

Kata ya Mahembe (Swahili)

Ward

Kata ya Mahembe, Wilaya ya Kigoma

Mahembe

Location of Mahembe

Coordinates: 4°48′36.36″S 29°44′0.96″E﻿ / ﻿4.8101000°S 29.7336000°E﻿ / -4.8101000; 29.7336000
Country|  Tanzania
Region| Kigoma Region
District| Kigoma District
Area

• Total| 137.8 km2 (53.2 sq mi)
Elevation

| 941 m (3,087 ft)
Population

(2016)

• Total| 14,435
• Density| 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Tanzanian Postal Code|

47201

Mahembe is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 137.8 km2 (53.2 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 941 m (3,087 ft).[2] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 14,435 people in the ward, from 22,763 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Nkungwe was a village in the Mahembe Ward before splitting off into is own ward.[3][4]: 125 [5]: 147

## Villages / neighborhoods[edit]

The ward has 2 villages and 11 hamlets.[3]

* Mahembe
* Kagulwe
* Kaloleni
* Kaseke
* Kwisamilo
* Mahembe
* Ndelembela A
* Ndelemela B
* Chankabwimba
* Chankabwimba
* Kabanga
* Kichangachui
* Mshingisha

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
2. ^ "Mahembe Elevation".
3. ^ a b "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
4. ^ 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
5. ^ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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Kigoma District

Capital:

Wards|

1. Bitale
2. Kagongo
3. Kagunga
4. Kalinzi
5. Mahembe
6. Matendo
7. Mkigo
8. Mkongoro
9. Mungonya
10. Mwamgongo
11. Mwandiga

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