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Wanging'ombe
Town and ward
Map
Country Tanzania
RegionNjombe Region
DistrictWanging'ombe District
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
18,545
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
UFI-2574657

Wanging'ombe[1] (Wangi Ngombe) is a town and ward in Wanging'ombe District in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. As of 2002, the population of the ward was 18,545.[2]

History

In 2012 it was incorporated in the new eponymous district of the new Njombe Region.[3] Prior to that it was part of the old Njombe District in the Iringa Region.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wangingombe (Approved)) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ a b "2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Iringa: Njombe". National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 13 March 2004. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 18 March 2004 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Postcodes: Njombe Region - 59000" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012.