Wanging'ombe

Town and ward in Njombe Region, Tanzania
08°51′10″S 034°37′56″E / 8.85278°S 34.63222°E / -8.85278; 34.63222Country TanzaniaRegionNjombe RegionDistrictWanging'ombe DistrictPopulation
 (2002)
 • Total18,545Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)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[update], 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. ^ Wangingombe (Approved)) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ a b "2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Iringa: Njombe". National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
  3. ^ "Postcodes: Njombe Region - 59000" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012.
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