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Town and ward in Njombe Region, Tanzania
Wanging'ombe
Town and ward
Coordinates: 08°51′10″S 034°37′56″E / 8.85278°S 34.63222°E / -8.85278; 34.63222
Country Tanzania
RegionNjombe Region
DistrictWanging'ombe District
Population
 • Total18,545
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
UFI-2574657

Wanging'ombe (Wangi Ngombe) is a town and ward in Wanging'ombe District in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. As of 2002, the population of the ward was 18,545.

History

In 2012 it was incorporated in the new eponymous district of the new Njombe Region. Prior to that it was part of the old Njombe District in the Iringa Region.

References

  1. Wangingombe (Approved)) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ "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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