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Muheza
Mji wa Muheza (Swahili)
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Mosque in Muheza town at night, Veranda detail Muheza town
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Muheza
Coordinates: 05°10′26″S38°47′15″E / 5.17389°S 38.78750°E / -5.17389; 38.78750
CountryFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Region Tanga Region
District Muheza District
Population
 (2022)
  Total20,000
Ethnic groups
  Settler Swahili
  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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