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Ngonga
Kata ya Ngonga | |
|---|---|
  Ngonga Location within Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 9°39′58″S 33°55′12″E / 9.666°S 33.92°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Mbeya Region |
| District | Kyela |
| Ward | Ngonga |
| Established | 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 339.4 km2 (131.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 482 m (1,581 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,159 |
| • Density | 26.99/km2 (69.89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EAT |
| Postcode[4] | 53706 |
| Area code | 025 |
| Website | District Website |
Ngonga is an administrative ward in the Kyela district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. The village is on Lake Nyasa by the Songwe River that forms the Tanzania and Malawi border, and thirty minute drive from the border crossing in Kasumulu. The ward covers an area of 339.4 square kilometres (131.0 sq mi) with an average elevation of 482 metres (1,581 ft).[1][2]
In 2016 reports there were 9,159 people in the ward, from 8,310 in 2012, and 7,572 in 2002. The ward has 27 inhabitants per square kilometre (70/sq mi).[3]: 96 [5]: 114 [6]
Villages / vitongoji
[edit]The ward has 5 villages and 26 vitongoji.[4]
- Itenya
- Ijumbe
- Isuba
- Itenya
- Mbangala
- Mpulo
- Itete
- Isanga
- Lusanga
- Mota
- Mpanda
- Lugombo
- Butangali
- Kyimbila
- Lugombo
- Masumba
- Mpata
- Ndola
- Ngonga
- Iringa
- Kiputa
- Magege
- Masoko
- Mbande
- Mbyasyo
- Mota
- Njisi
- Nsasa
- Bujesi
- Ndyali
- Nsasa
References
[edit]- 1 2 "NGONGA Rural Ward in Southern Highlands". City Population. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- 1 2 Arnett, Daniel. "Topographic Map". Elevation Map. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "Mbeya Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 18 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.
- ↑ 2002 Population and Housing Census General Report (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 August 2002. Archived from the original on 8 June 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
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