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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Matema

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.

Villages / vitongoji

The ward has 3 villages and 12 vitongoji.

  • Ikombe
    • Busisya
    • Ikunda
    • Isimba
    • Lyulilo
    • Njisi
  • Kisyosyo
    • Busona
    • Kisyosyo
    • Lusonjo
  • Matema
    • Bulinda
    • Ibungu
    • Itukisyo
    • Matema

References

  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. ^ "Mbeya Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ 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.