# Kalenga

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For the genus of Thyrididae moths, see [Kalenga (moth)](/source/Kalenga_(moth)).

**Kalenga** is an administrative [ward](/source/Wards_of_Tanzania) in the [Iringa Rural](/source/Iringa_Rural) district of the [Iringa Region](/source/Iringa_Region) of [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania). In 2016 the [Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics](/source/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Tanzania)) reported its population to be 7,286, up from 6,963 in 2012.[2]: 105[3]: 105

Kalenga, which is situated along the side-lines of the [Great Ruaha River](/source/Great_Ruaha_River), is one among the historical villages of "Iringa". It is known for being the residence of the famous [Chief Mtwa Mkwawa](/source/Chief_Mkwawa) of the [Hehe](/source/Hehe_people) tribe, who resisted [German colonization](/source/German_East_Africa).[4] Mkwawa fortified the village with a wall 4 meters high and 5 kilometers in circumference.[5] 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.[1]

- Tosamaganga - Ipamba - Irangi - Mabanda - Tosa kilimani - Unyangwila
- Kalenga - Galinoma - Igawa - Ilundimembe - Kidope - Lipuli - Maktaba - Mwambao - Wangi
- Isakalilo - Isakalilo A - Isakalilo B - Isakalilo C

## References

1. ["Iringa Postcodes"](https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090128/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf) 29 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

1. [*2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara.*](https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf) [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (in Swahili). [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania](/source/Dar_es_Salaam,_Tanzania): [National Bureau of Statistics](/source/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Tanzania)). 2016-04-01. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf) 2021-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

1. [*2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas.*](http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf). [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania](/source/Dar_es_Salaam,_Tanzania): [National Bureau of Statistics](/source/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Tanzania)). 2013-03-01. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf) 2022-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

1. Later called by the Germans "Old Iringa", see [Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon](/source/Deutsches_Kolonial-Lexikon), article "Iringa", [online here (ger.)](http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/Lexikon/php/suche_db.php?suchname=Iringa) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160325205607/http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/Lexikon/php/suche_db.php?suchname=Iringa) 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

1. 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

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