{{Short description|Ward in Iringa, Tanzania}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{for|the genus of Thyrididae moths|Kalenga (moth)}}
{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Kalenga | native_name = <small>Kata ya Kalenga</small> | native_name_lang = sw | settlement_type = Ward <!-- images and maps ----------->| pushpin_map = Tanzania | pushpin_relief = y | map_caption = Location of Kalenga in Tanzania <!-- Location ------------------>| coordinates = {{coord|7|48|S|35|36|E|display=inline,title|type:adm3rd_region:TZ_source:GNS-enwiki}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Iringa Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Iringa Rural | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name3 = Kalenga <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2016 | population_total = 7286 | population_footnotes = {{r|2016_census|p=89}} | postal_code = 51201 | postal_code_type = Postcode{{r|Iringa_postcode}} | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 }}
'''Kalenga''' is an administrative ward in the Iringa Rural district of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics reported its population to be 7,286, up from 6,963 in 2012.{{r|2016_census|p=105}}{{r|2012_census|p=105}}
Kalenga, which is situated along the side-lines of the Great Ruaha River, is one among the historical villages of "Iringa". It is known for being the residence of the famous Chief Mtwa Mkwawa of the Hehe tribe, who resisted German colonization.<ref>Later called by the Germans "Old Iringa", see Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon, article "Iringa", [http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/Lexikon/php/suche_db.php?suchname=Iringa online here (ger.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325205607/http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/Lexikon/php/suche_db.php?suchname=Iringa |date=25 March 2016 }}</ref> Mkwawa fortified the village with a wall 4 meters high and 5 kilometers in circumference.<ref>Description of German commander von Scheele, according to John Iliffe, A Modern History of Tanganyika, Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-521-29611-3}}, page 112</ref> The town was stormed by a German force in 1894, and the fortifications were destroyed. Mkwawa continued to resist until 1898, when he was finally hunted down by the Germans and committed suicide. His head was cut off and sent to Germany, but eventually returned in 1954; his skull is now on display in a small museum in Kalenga.
== Villages and vitongoji == The ward has 3 villages and 16 vitongoji.{{r|Iringa_postcode}} {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Tosamaganga ** Ipamba ** Irangi ** Mabanda ** Tosa kilimani ** Unyangwila * Kalenga ** Galinoma ** Igawa ** Ilundimembe ** Kidope ** Lipuli ** Maktaba ** Mwambao ** Wangi * Isakalilo ** Isakalilo A ** Isakalilo B ** Isakalilo C {{div col end}}
== Gallery ==
{{Gallery | align = center | height = 170 | width = 160 | captionstyle = | File:Iringa and Alt-Iringa.png | A 1914 map German shows Iringa and its railway station as "Alt-Iringa", nowadays known as Kalenga | File:Iringa - Kalenga 1894.png | Map (1897) showing the German attack | File:Skull of Mkwawa.jpg | Skull of Mkwawa displayed at Kalenga }}
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="2016_census">{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="2012_census">{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Iringa_postcode">{{cite web |title=Iringa Postcodes |url=https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf |publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090128/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
{{Authority control}} Category:Wards of Iringa Region
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