Kondoa Mjini

Kondoa
Mji wa Kondoa
Kondoa Mji wa Kondoa
Town and ward
	UNESCO World Heritage, Kondoa Rock art in Kolo.
	Location of Kondoa Town
	Kondoa
	Coordinates: 4°54′16″S35°46′56″E / 4.904578°S 35.782256°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Dodoma Region
District	Kondoa
Established	2015
Headquarters	Kondoa Town
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Chairman	Mohamed Abdi Kiberenge
• Director	Paul Mamba Sweya
Area
• Town and ward	1,419 km2 (548 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,190 m (7,190 ft)
Lowest elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population (2022 census)
• Town and ward	80,443
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	80,443
Time zone	EAT
Postcode	41701
Area code	026
Website	District Website

Last updated May 21, 2024

Kondoa is a town and administrative ward (called Kondoa Mjini or Kondoa Urban) in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania.

Kondoa Town is the district capital of Kondoa District. The local government buildings were mostly built during the German colonization. The town also has a district hospital, three O-Level Secondary schools, one A-Level school for girls, and an agricultural college. There is also a teachers' training college called Bustani (garden in Kiswahili) College. There is a local NMB bank branch.

Geography

Kodoa Town is 1,419 square kilometres (548 sq mi), with the town being 160 kilometres (99 mi) from Dodoma.^[2]

The town has a hot spring that provides drinking water for many inhabitants. There is also a river that runs through the town, though in the dry months there is almost no water above ground. There is a good bridge over the river.

Administrative Units

The town has two divisions. Kondoa Mjini with 6 wards consisting of 32 villages and neighborhoods, and Kolo with 2 wards consisting of 4 villages and neighborhoods.^[2]

Climate

The climate is semi-arid. The rainy season is from late December to mid March, and Kondoa receives little to no precipitation the rest of the year. The weather is mostly hot.

Demographics

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 64,147 people in the town.^[3]

The Warangi is the most populous ethnic group in Kondoa, and their native language is Kirangi. As it was a stop on an ancient caravan road, Kondoa has a sizeable non-Irangi minority. Other tribes include the Wasandewe, Waburunge, Wafyomi, Waalagwa, Wabarbaig, Wamasai, and Wagorowa.^[2]

The town is about 70% Muslim and 30% Christian, with aboriginal religions virtually extinct. Relations between religious groups are good.

Transport

Trunk road T5 from Dodoma to Babati passes through the town.^[4]

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References

↑ Citypopulation.de Population of Kondoa Town
1 2 3 "Kondoa Town Council Strategic Plan 2017" (PDF). kondoatc.go.tz. Kondoa Mjini: Kondoa Mjini. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
↑ 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.
↑ "Dodoma Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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[1] Citypopulation.de Population of Kondoa Town

[Kondoatc_stratPlan-2] 1 2 3 "Kondoa Town Council Strategic Plan 2017" (PDF). kondoatc.go.tz. Kondoa Mjini: Kondoa Mjini. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[2016_census-3] 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.

[4] "Dodoma Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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