Mang'ola

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Mang'ola
Kata ya Mang'ola
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Mang'ola
Coordinates: 03°31′12″S35°18′44″E / 3.52000°S 35.31222°E / -3.52000; 35.31222
Country Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Region Arusha Region
District Karatu District
Population
 (2012)
  Total
6,087 [1]

Mang'ola is an administrative ward in the Karatu district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is mainly known for its onion farms and for being the onion capital of Tanzania. [2]

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Population

According to the 2012 census, the ward had a total population of 6,087. [1]

Geography

lies near the East African Plateau and the Great Rift Valley, approximately 51 km southwest of the town center of Karatu and about 150 km southwest of the city of Arusha. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. March 2013. p. 30. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. Utz, Robert J. (2008). Sustaining and Sharing Economic Growth in Tanzania. World Bank Publications. p. 128. ISBN   0821371967.
  3. "History | Karatu District Council". karatudc.go.tz. Retrieved 2025-11-04.