Matendo

Ward of Kigoma District, Kigoma Region

Ward in Kigoma Region, Tanzania

Matendo

Kata ya Matendo (Swahili)

Ward

Kata ya Matendo, Wilaya ya Kigoma

Landscape in Matendo Ward, Kigoma District

Matendo

Location of Matendo

Coordinates: 4°52′25.32″S 29°53′49.56″E﻿ / ﻿4.8737000°S 29.8971000°E﻿ / -4.8737000; 29.8971000
Country|  Tanzania
Region| Kigoma Region
District| Kigoma District
Area

• Total

| 175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Elevation

| 969 m (3,179 ft)
Population

(2016)[1]: 125

• Total

| 14,306
• Density| 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Tanzanian Postal Code|

47209

Matendo is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi),[2] and has an average elevation of 969 m (3,179 ft).[3] In 2016, according to the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report, there were 14,306 people in the ward, from 22,458 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Kidahwe Ward was a village in the Matendo Ward before splitting off to form its won new ward.[4][1]: 125 [5]: 147

## Villages / neighborhoods

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The ward has 3 villages and 12 hamlets.[4]

* Matendo
* Kibalini
* Kibumba
* Kinogodo
* Kumuhama
* Majengo
* Samwa
* Mkuti
* Nyamiaga
* Tunguruza Shuleni
* Pamila
* Mibangani
* Pamila
* Rukaranka
* Samwa

## References

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1. ^ a b 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.
2. ^ "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
3. ^ "Matendo Elevation".
4. ^ a b "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 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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