Handeni Town Council, Tanga

Handeni Town Council also known as Handeni Urban District is one of the 11 districts of the Tanga Region of Tanzania.^[2][3] The district covers an area of 837.4 km² (323.3 sq mi).^[4] The administrative capital of the district is Mdoe. Handeni Town District is bordered to the east by Handeni District and the west by Kilindi District.

Handeni Mjini Wilaya ya Handeni Mjini (Swahili)
District
Wilaya ya Handeni Mjini, Mkoa wa Tanga
View of Handeni Town from Kwediyamba Ward, Handeni Urban
Nickname:  Tanga's magicland
Handeni Town in Tanga 2022
Coordinates: 5°25′24.96″S 38°1′33.96″E / 5.4236000°S 38.0261000°E / -5.4236000; 38.0261000
Country	Tanzania
Region	Tanga Region
Area
• District	837.4 km^2 (323.3 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)^[1]
• District	108,968
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
• Urban	108,968
Demonym	Town Handenian
Ethnic groups
• Settler	Swahili
• Ancestral	Zigula
Website	handenitc.go.tz

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Handeni Town Council was administratively divided into 12 wards.^[5]

Wards

1. Chanika
2. Kideleko
3. Konje
4. Kwamagome
5. Kwediyamba
6. Kwenjugo
7. Mabanda
8. Malezi
9. Mdoe
10. Mlimani
11. Msasa
12. Vibaoni

Transport

A paved secondary road connects Handeni with Korogwe in the northeast and Mkata in the southeast; both Korogwe and Mkata are on the T2 Trunk road from Dar es Salaam to Arusha.^[6]

References

1. Citypopulation.de
2. Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Tanzania: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
4. "Tanzania: Northern Zone(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
5. "2012 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Development Partners Group Tanzania. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
6. "Tanga Region Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Retrieved 8 August 2019.