Wanging'ombe

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Wanging'ombe
Town and ward
Coordinates: 08°51′10″S 034°37′56″E / 8.85278°S 34.63222°E / -8.85278; 34.63222Coordinates: 08°51′10″S 034°37′56″E / 8.85278°S 34.63222°E / -8.85278; 34.63222
Country  Tanzania
Region Njombe Region
District Wanging'ombe District
Population (2002)
 • Total 18,545
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
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. ↑ '32FA88191EBE3774E0440003BA962ED3'&Diacritics=DC Wangingombe (Approved)) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Iringa: Njombe". National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 13 March 2004. 
  3. ↑ "Postcodes: Njombe Region - 59000". Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012. 


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