Sigunga

Ward in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region

Ward in Kigoma Region, Tanzania

Sigunga Kata ya Sigunga (Swahili)
Ward
Kata ya Sigunga, Wilaya ya Uvinza
5°36′44.28″S 29°53′17.88″E / 5.6123000°S 29.8883000°E / -5.6123000; 29.8883000
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kigoma Region
District	Uvinza District
Area
• Total	770.7 km² (297.6 sq mi)
Elevation	1,156 m (3,793 ft)
Population (2016)^[1]^: 127
• Total	12,335
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Tanzanian Postal Code	47604

Sigunga is an administrative ward in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 770.7 km² (297.6 sq mi),^[2] and has an average elevation of 1,156 m (3,793 ft).^[3] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,335 people in the ward, from 20,455 in 2012. Prior to 2014 the Herembe village was a part of Siguna Ward before it split off to form the Herembe Ward.^[4]^[1]^: 127^[5]^: 151

Villages / neighborhoods

The ward has 2 villages and 16 hamlets.^[4]

Kaparamsenga
- Itiga Mashariki
- Itigi/Kapara Kaskazini
- Itigi/Kapara Magharibi
- Itigi/Kapara Magharibi
- Kaparamsenga Kusini
- Kaparamsenga Mashariki
- Lusambo
- Pungu
Sigunga
- Kagwena
- Kahama
- Kahwibili
- Katale
- Kiboko
- Kichangani
- Mgangasima
- Sigoma

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ "Sigunga Elevation".
^ ^a ^b "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 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.