Official Name: | Mwanga |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tanzania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tanzania |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kilimanjaro Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mwanga District |
Established Title: | First Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated Town |
Established Title3: | Incorporated City |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 21000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT + 3 |
Coordinates: | -3.6619°N 37.5781°W |
Mwanga is a town in northern Tanzania at the foot of the north Pare Mountains. It is the district capital of Mwanga District.[2]
Paved Trunk road T2 from Dar es Salaam to Arusha passes through the town.[3]
The Usambara Railway from Tanga to Arusha passes through Mwanga as well.
According to the 2012 national census the population of Mwanga town (Mwanga Ward) was 15,783.[4]