Muheza
Muheza
Mji wa Muheza (Swahili) | |
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  From top to bottom: Mosque in Muheza town at night, Veranda detail Muheza town | |
| Nickname: Muheza's Muheza | |
  Muheza | |
| Coordinates: 05°10′26″S 38°47′15″E / 5.17389°S 38.78750°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Tanga Region |
| District | Muheza District |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 20,000 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili & Sambaa |
| • Ancestral | Bondei |
Muheza (Mji wa Muheza, in Swahili) is a town and capital of Muheza District in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. In the Muheza district, the town covers five wards; Majengo ward to the east, Tanganyika ward to the north, Genge and Majengo ward to the east, and Kwemkabala ward to the west. [1] Paved trunk road T13 from Segera to the Kenyan border passes through Muheza town.[2] The town also has a station on the Tanga-Arusha Railway.
References[edit]
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities
- ^ "Tanga Region Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Retrieved 8 August 2019.