
Tanga Region's Districts

St Michael's Cathedral, Korogwe
'Korogwe' is a town in
Tanzania, with a population of 44,000 in
2002. It is the main centre of Korogwe District, which is within the
Tanga Region.
The town is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of
Tanga, has a cathedral church, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, and also a teacher training college and a number of secondary schools.
The district is drained by tributaries of the
Pangani river.
Korogwe District, according to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, had a population of 261,004.
[1] It is bordered to the North by the
Lushoto District, to the East by the
Muheza District, to the South by the
Handeni District and to the West by the
Kilimanjaro Region.
Transport
Korogwe is a road and rail junction, where the routes from
Tanga link those from
Dar-es-Salaam to the northern cities of
Arusha and
Moshi.
Wards
The Korogwe District is administratively divided into 20 wards:
★ Bungu
★ Chekelei
★ Dindira
★ Kizara
★ Kerenge
★ Korogwe
★ Kwagunda
★ Kwamndolwa
★ Lutindi
★ Magoma
★ Makuyuni
★ Mashewa
★ Mazinde
★ Mkalamo
★ Mkomazi
★ Mombo
★ Msambiazi
★ Mnyuzi
★ Ngombezi
★ Vugiri
Sources
★
Korogwe District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census