Mkigo

Mkigo

*Kata ya Mkigo* (Swahili)
Mkigo Kata ya Mkigo (Swahili)
Ward
	Kata ya Mkigo, Wilaya ya Kigoma
	Mkigo Location of Mkigo
	Coordinates: 4°29′38.76″S 29°45′22.32″E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kigoma Region
District	Kigoma District
Area
• Total	80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	1,594 m (5,230 ft)
Population (2016)[1]
• Total	7,478
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Tanzanian Postal Code	47201

Mkigo is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 80 km² (31 sq mi),[2] and has an average elevation of 1,594 m (5,230 ft).[3] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,478 people in the ward, from 16,252 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Nyarubanda village and its hamlets were are part of the Mikigo Ward until they split off to for their own new ward.[4][1]^: 125[5]^: 147

Villages / neighborhoods

The ward has 8 hamlets.[4]

Katonyanga
Kibimba
Kilemba
Kumsasa
Msenga A
Msenga B
Mtikamba
Nyamshisha

References

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".
"Mkigo Elevation".
"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.

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[2016_census-1] 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.

[2] "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[3] "Mkigo Elevation".

[Kigoma_postcode-4] "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[2012_census-5] 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.