Mtumba

Mtumba
Kata ya Mtumba
Mtumba is located in Tanzania
Mtumba
Mtumba
Location of Mtumba
Coordinates: 6°08′45″S 35°56′32″E / 6.1458177°S 35.94231979°E / -6.1458177; 35.94231979
Country Tanzania
RegionDodoma Region
DistrictDodoma Urban
WardMtumba
Government
 • MPAntony Mavunde
 • MayorProfessor Davis G. Mwamfupe
 • CouncilorEdward Maboje Nyagalu
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total7,277
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Mtumba is an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. The ward is along the main road to Dar es salaam. Residence in this ward depended traditionally much on agricultural activities and animal keeping. Since 2016 the new Government City housing the headquarters of ministries and government institutions has become functional in Mtumba.[2]

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,277 people in the ward, from 17,268 in 2012.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ President Magufuli: I’ve finally moved to Dodoma; Citizen 13.10.2019, lookup Juni 2022
  3. ^ 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.