Matema
Matema
Kata ya Matema | |
|---|---|
 Matema beach | |
  Matema Location of Matema  Matema Matema (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 9°29′30″S 34°02′0″E / 9.49167°S 34.03333°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Mbeya Region |
| District | Mbeya Urban |
| Ward | Matema |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,304 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode[2] | 53715 |
Matema is a town in southwestern Tanzania. The town is primarily a fishing village with some agriculture. It is located on the northern tip of Lake Nyasa and is 90 kilometres (straight-line distance) south-east of Mbeya.In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 10,304 people in the ward, from 17,103 in 2012.[1]: 96 [3]: 114
Villages / vitongoji[edit]
The ward has 3 villages and 12 vitongoji.[2]
- Ikombe
- Busisya
- Ikunda
- Isimba
- Lyulilo
- Njisi
- Kisyosyo
- Busona
- Kisyosyo
- Lusonjo
- Matema
- Bulinda
- Ibungu
- Itukisyo
- Matema
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Mbeya Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 18 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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