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Kigombe
Kigombe (''Kata ya Kigombe'', in Swahili) is an administrative ward in Muheza District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. Tanga's Kirare and Tongoni wards border the ward on its northern side. The Pemba Channel is located to the east. Kimang'a, Madanga, and Bushiri of Pangani Pangani Town is a historic Swahili settlement located on the south eastern shore of Tanga Region, Tanzania. The town lies south of the city of Tanga, at the mouth of the Pangani River. It is the headquarters of the Pangani District. Admini ... are to the south. Mpapayu and Ngomeni wards are to the west. The ward covers an area of , According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 6,758. Administration The postal code for Kigombe Ward is 21418. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa''): * Chaka la Boko * Gawani * Kigombe * Kigombe Mgaharibi * Kigombe Mashariki * Machimboni * Mchangani * Mibuyu Tisa * Mtiti * Ndonde * Sinawe Government The ward, like ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongoni, Tanga City Council
Tongoni (''Kata ya Tongoni'', in Swahili) is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania. Tangasisi and Maweni wards form the ward's northern and western boundaries. The Pemba Channel forms the eastern boundary. The Kigombe Ward of Muheza is to the south. The wards of Kirare and Marungu are to the west. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,594. Tongoni ward is the home to the Tongoni ruins, a Medieval Swahili town. Administration The postal code for Tongoni Ward is 21112. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa''): * Maere * Mwarongo * Tongoni Government The ward, like every other ward in the country, has local government offices based on the population served.''The Tongoni Ward'' administration building houses a court as per the Ward Tribunal Act of 1988, including other vital departments for the administration the ward. The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muheza District
Muheza is one of eleven administrative districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the north by Mkinga District, to the east by Tanga and the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Pangani District and Handeni District, and to the west by the Korogwe District. The administrative capital of the district is Muheza town. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Muheza District was 279,423. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Muheza District had decreased to 204,461; this is less than ten years before, because Mkinga District was created that same year. The highest point in Muheza District is Kimbo Peak at 1,063m. Administrative subdivisions Wards As of 2012, Muheza District is administratively divided into 33 wards: # Amani # Bwembwera # Genge # Kicheba # Kigombe # Kilulu # Kisiwani # Kwafungo # Kwakifua # Kwemkabala # Lusanga # Magila # Magoroto # Majengo # Masuguru # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirare
Kirare (''Kata ya Kirare '', in Swahili) is an administrative ward in Tanga City Council of Tanga Region in Tanzania. Marungu forms the ward's northern boundary. Tongoni is to the east. Kigombe ward is in the south. The Muheza District ward of Ngomeni is to the west. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,756. Administration The postal code for Kirare Ward is 21210. The ward is divided into the following neighborhoods (''Mitaa''): * Kirare * Mapojoni Government The ward, like every other ward in the country, has local government offices based on the population served.''The Kirare Ward'' administration building houses a court as per the Ward Tribunal Act of 1988, including other vital departments for the administration the ward. The ward has the following administration offices: * Kirare Police Station * Kirare Government Office (''Afisa Mtendaji'') * Kirare Tribunal (''Baraza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards Of Tanzania
The administrative divisions of Tanzania are controlled by Part I, Article 2.2 of the Constitution of Tanzania.Article 2.2 provides: ''For the purpose of the efficient discharge of the functions of the Government of the United Republic or of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, the President may, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law or provisions of such law as may be enacted by Parliament, divide the United Republic into regions, districts and other areas: Provided that the President shall first consult with the President of Zanzibar before dividing Tanzania Zanzibar into regions, districts or other areas.'' Tanzania is divided into thirty-one regions (''mkoa in Swahili''). Each region is subdivided into districts (''wilaya in Swahili''). The districts are sub-divided into divisions (''tarafa in Swahili'') and further into local wards (''kata in Swahili''). Wards are further subdivided for management purposes: for urban wards into streets (''mtaa in Swahil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushiri
Bushiri is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,750. It is named in honor of Abushiri, a freedom fighter who led a revolt against the German colonizers of East Africa in 1888.Pike, Charles. “History and Imagination: Swahili Literature and Resistance to German Language Imperialism in Tanzania, 1885-1910.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1986, pp. 201–33, https://doi.org/10.2307/219426. See also * Abushiri revolt The Abushiri revolt, also known as the slave trader revolt (german: Sklavenhändlerrevolte), was an insurrection in 1888–1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the coast of East Africa that were granted, under protest, to G ... References African resistance to colonialism 1888 in German Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madanga, Pangani
Madanga is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 3,606 people in the ward, from 3,298 in 2012. References Wards of Pangani District Wards of Tanga Region Populated places in Tanga Region {{TangaTZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimang'a
Kimang'a is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 3,876. References Wards of Pangani District Wards of Tanga Region {{TangaTZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pemba Channel
The Pemba Channel is the strait separating the eastern coast of mainland Africa on the coast of central and northern Tanga Region from Pemba Island to the south of the Indian Ocean. The channel is entirely in Tanzanian territorial waters The Pemba Channel is well known to be teeming with fish; marlins, tiger sharks, hammerhead sharks, yellowfin tunas, wahoos, giant trevallies and barracudas are some of the species found in the area, together with sea turtles, dolphins, dugongs and occasional whales. The Pemba Channel Fishing Club, located on the Kenyan coast at Shimoni, is one of the oldest and most famous African fishing clubs; Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ..., among others, practiced high sea fishing there. References Straits of Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanga City Council, Tanga
Tanga City Council (''Halimashauri ya Jiji la Tanga'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of eleven administrative Districts of Tanzania, districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of of which includes the historic city of Tanga, Tanzania, Tanga and the Port of Tanga. Tanga district is bordered to the north by Mkinga District, to the east by the Indian Ocean, to the south and west by Muheza District. The district is comparable in size to the land area of Guam. The administrative seat is the ward Central, Tanga District, Central . The district is the administrative and economic center of Tanga Region. In Swahili language, Swahili, the word ''Tanga'' means "sail". The City was also the theater for the battle of Tanga. According to the 2022 census, the district has a total population of 393,429. Administrative subdivisions As of 2012, Tanga District was administratively divided into 24 Administrative divisions of Tanzania#Wards, wards. As of 2022, Tanga Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
