Mkigo
Mkigo
Kata ya Mkigo (Swahili) | |
|---|---|
| Kata ya Mkigo, Wilaya ya Kigoma | |
  Mkigo Location of Mkigo | |
| Coordinates: 4°29′38.76″S 29°45′22.32″E / 4.4941000°S 29.7562000°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kigoma Region |
| District | Kigoma District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 80 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,594 m (5,230 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,478 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Tanzanian Postal Code | 47201 |
Mkigo is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 80 km2 (31 sq mi),[2] and has an average elevation of 1,594 m (5,230 ft).[3] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,478 people in the ward, from 16,252 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Nyarubanda village and its hamlets were are part of the Mikigo Ward until they split off to for their own new ward.[4][1]: 125 [5]: 147
Villages / neighborhoods
[edit]The ward has 8 hamlets.[4]
- Katonyanga
- Kibimba
- Kilemba
- Kumsasa
- Msenga A
- Msenga B
- Mtikamba
- Nyamshisha
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Mkigo Elevation".
- ^ a b "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ 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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