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Ngudu is a town in the
Kwimba District Kwimba District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Magu District, to the east by Maswa District and Kishapu District, to the south by Shinyanga Rural, Shinyanga ...
of the
Mwanza Region Mwanza Region (''Mkoa wa Mwanza'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia. Njombe Region is ...
in northwestern
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 town is the location of the district headquarters of
Kwimba District Kwimba District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Magu District, to the east by Maswa District and Kishapu District, to the south by Shinyanga Rural, Shinyanga ...
. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 31,123 people in the ward, from 27,630 in 2012. The Magogo river system lies in the Ngudu area, covering an area of and draining into
Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
at the Mwanza Gulf.


Villages

The ward has 14 villages. * Kimwaga Busabi * Chamhela * Ngudu mjini * Kakora * Igoma * Sokoni * Ngudulugulu * Budula * Bugakama * Ngumo * Shuleni * Ilamba * Kilyaboya * Welamasonga


References

Populated places in Mwanza Region {{Tanzania-geo-stub