Muheza | |
Nickname: | Muheza's Muheza |
Settlement Type: | Capital of Muheza District |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | -5.1739°N 38.7875°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tanga Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Muheza District |
Established Title: | Town |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 20,000 |
Demographics Type1: | Ethnic groups |
Demographics1 Title1: | Settler |
Demographics1 Info1: | Swahili & Sambaa |
Demographics1 Title2: | Ancestral |
Demographics1 Info2: | 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.