Muheza
Capital of Muheza District, Tanga Region
Capital of Muheza District in Tanga Region, Tanzania
Muheza Mji wa Muheza (Swahili) | |
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Capital of Muheza District | |
From top to bottom: Mosque in Muheza town at night, Veranda detail Muheza town | |
Nickname: Muheza's Muheza | |
05°10′26″S 38°47′15″E / 5.17389°S 38.78750°E / -5.17389; 38.78750 | |
Country | Tanzania |
Region | Tanga Region |
District | Muheza District |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 20,000 |
Ethnic groups | |
• Settler | Swahili & Sambaa |
• Ancestral | Bondei |
Muheza (Mji wa Muheza, in Swahili) is a town and capital of Muheza District in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. In the Muheza district, the town covers five wards; Majengo ward to the east, Tanganyika ward to the north, Genge and Majengo ward to the east, and Kwemkabala ward to the west. [1] Paved trunk road T13 from Segera to the Kenyan border passes through Muheza town.[2] The town also has a station on the Tanga-Arusha Railway.
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Muheza District
Capital: Muheza Town
- Amani
- Bwembwera
- Genge
- Kicheba
- Kigombe
- Kilulu
- Kisiwani
- Kwafungo
- Kwakifua
- Kwemkabala
- Lusanga
- Magila
- Magoroto
- Majengo
- Masuguru
- Mbaramo
- Mbomole
- Mhamba
- Misalai
- Misozwe
- Mkuzi
- Mlingano
- Mpapayu
- Mtindiro
- Ngomeni
- Nkumba
- Pande Darajani
- Potwe
- Songa
- Tanganyika
- Tingeni
- Tongwe
- Zirai
- Muheza
- Mhamba Forest Reserve
- Magoroto Forest Reserve
- Amani Nature Reserve
- Magoroto Forest Reserve
- Kimbo Peak