Korogwe
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Korogwe is a town in Tanzania, with a population of 44,000 in 2002. It is the main centre of Korogwe District, which is within the Tanga Region.
Korogwe is a road and rail junction, where the routes from Tanga link those from Dar-es-Salaam to the northern cities of Arusha and Moshi.
The town is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Tanga, has a cathedral church, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, and also a teacher training college and a number of secondary schools.
The district is drained by tributaries of the Pangani river.
Korogwe District, according to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, had a population of 261,004.[1] It is bordered to the North by the Lushoto District, to the East by the Muheza District, to the South by the Handeni District and to the West by the Kilimanjaro Region.
[edit] Wards
The Korogwe District is administratively divided into 20 wards:
- Bungu
- Chekelei
- Dindira
- Kizara
- Kerenge
- Korogwe
- Kwagunda
- Kwamndolwa
- Lutindi
- Magoma
- Makuyuni
- Mashewa
- Mazinde
- Mkalamo
- Mkomazi
- Mombo
- Msambiazi
- Mnyuzi
- Ngombezi
- Vugiri
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