Kongwa is a town and an administrative ward in the Kongwa District of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 13,531, with an average household size of 4.6.[1]
Kongwa was the centre of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme, which was run by the Overseas Food Corporation (OFC) until the project was brought to an end in 1951. The facilities provided included a hospital, which still serves local patients. A school was established, originally for the children of expatriate staff of the OFC. This continued at Kongwa for a total of ten years until its closure in 1958.[2]
Six kilometres from Kongwa itself is St Philips Theological College, which serves the Anglican Church of Tanzania. It was established in 1913 and provides training for Christian ministry in the Anglican and other churches, including some students from neighbouring countries.[4]
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^"2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, Dar Es Salaam. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
^. Kongwa School Revisited. Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
^"Living in Exile: Daily Life and International Relations at SWAPO's Kongwa camp" (PDF). Christian A Williams, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
^"St Philips Theological College Kongwa". St Philips Theological College. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
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