Mpwapwa

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Mpwapwa is a market town in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is located at [6°21′S 36°29′E], with a population of about 30,000 serving an area about the size of Wales.

Traditional ways abound with the fabric of society still enriched by a strong embodiment of the predominant Wagogo culture as typified by the sound of gourd lutes and 'Morris' leg bells.

It is a fairly mountainous area and takes 2 days to travel by car from north to south. Most people live on the plateau at about 3,500ft above sea level, though others, mainly from the minority Hehe ethnic group, live atop the 7,000ft mountains that benefit from better rainfall.

It is fairly arid and only gets good rains 2 years out of every 7.

The Mpwapwa District is bordered to the North by the Kongwa District, to the East by the Morogoro Region, to the South by the Iringa Region and to the West by the Dodoma Urban District.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mpwapwa District was 254,500.

Wards

The Mpwapwa District is administratively divided into 18 wards:

Berege
Chunyu
Gode Gode
Ipera
Kibakwe
Kimagai
Luhundwa
Lumuma
Massa
Matamondo
Mazae
Mbuga
Mima
Mlunduzi
Mpwapwa Mjini
Rudi
Ving'hawe
Wotta

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