Mufindi

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Mufindi
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Mufindi
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 08°35′40″S035°17′20″E / 8.59444°S 35.28889°E / -8.59444; 35.28889
CountryFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Region Iringa Region
District Mufindi District
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
UFI -2570450
Climate Cwb

Mufindi [1] is a town in Mufindi District in the Iringa Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. It is located in the Boma/Mafinga ward. As of 2002, the population of the town was about 5,000. [2]


Notes

  1. Mufindi (Approved)) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Urban/rural population is not broken out in the summary. "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Iringa: Mufundi". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.

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