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Coordinates: 5°37′0.12″S 38°53′3.12″E / 5.6167000°S 38.8842000°E / -5.6167000; 38.8842000
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Kipumbwi
Kata ya Kipumbwi (Swahili)
Kata ya Kipumbwi, Wilaya ya Pangani
Kipumbwi is located in Tanzania
Kipumbwi
Kipumbwi
Coordinates: 5°37′0.12″S 38°53′3.12″E / 5.6167000°S 38.8842000°E / -5.6167000; 38.8842000
Country Tanzania
RegionTanga Region
DistrictPangani District
Area
 • Total
235 km2 (91 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
5,333
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)

Kipumbwi is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 235 km2 (91 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 23 m (75 ft).[2] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 5,333.[3] Kipumbwi is named after a Medieval Swahili city state on the coast of Kipumbwi ward.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ "Kipumbwi elevation".
  3. ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ James de Vere Allen. "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement." The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1981, pp. 306–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/218047