Kalya
Kata ya Kalya (Swahili)
Ward
Kata ya Kalya, Wilaya ya Uvinza
Kalya is located in Tanzania
Kalya
Kalya
Location of Kalya
Coordinates: 6°28′20.28″S 30°0′41.76″E / 6.4723000°S 30.0116000°E / -6.4723000; 30.0116000
Country Tanzania
RegionKigoma Region
DistrictUvinza District
Area
 • Total534.5 km2 (206.4 sq mi)
Elevation
822 m (2,697 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]: 127 
 • Total24,751
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Tanzanian Postal Code
47605

Kalya is an administrative ward in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 534.5 km2 (206.4 sq mi),[2] and has an average elevation of 822 m (2,697 ft).[3] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 24,751 people in the ward, from 22,486 in 2012.[1]: 127 [4]: 151 [5]

Villages / neighborhoods

The ward has 3 villages and 18 hamlets.[5]

  • Sibwesa
    • Katobelo
    • Mtakuja
    • Songambele
    • Tujitegemee
    • Tupendane
  • Kalya
    • Kagwila
    • Kankuba
    • Kapama
    • Katunka
    • Mlela
    • Tumbushe
  • Kashughulu
    • Kampisa
    • Kisinsa
    • Lufubu
    • Mjimwema
    • Mpanga
    • Ubanda
    • Ugalaba

References

  1. 1 2 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ↑ "Kalya Elevation".
  4. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


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