# Nguruka

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**Nguruka** is an administrative ward in [Uvinza District](/source/Uvinza_District) of [Kigoma Region](/source/Kigoma_Region) in [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania). The ward covers an area of 138 km2 (53 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 1,062 m (3,484 ft).[2] In 2016 the [Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics](/source/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Tanzania)) report there were 29,916 people in the ward, from 27,179 in 2012.[3][4]: 127[5]: 151

## Villages / neighborhoods

The ward has 4 villages and 22 hamlets.[3]

- Bweru Bweru - Bweru Kusini - Kaguruka - Kaskazini - Majengo - Ruhama
- Itebula - Itebula - Kalemela - Kamfuba - Lugongoni - Songati A - Songati B
- Nguruka - Chemchem - Mkoronga - Nguruka Kaskazini - Nguruka Kusini
- Nyangabo - Bulilang’ombe - Humule - Nyangabo Kaskazini - Nyangabo Kati - Nyangabo Kusini - Reli Mpya - Zegi

## References

1. ["Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/lake/admin/)

1. ["Nguruka Elevation"](https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/tz/nguruka-latitude-longitude/history/42767.html)

1. ["Kagera Postcodes"](https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kigoma%2047000_1622732791.pdf). [Dodoma, Tanzania](/source/Dodoma,_Tanzania): [Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority](/source/Tanzania_Communications_Regulatory_Authority). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090138/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Kigoma%2047000_1622732791.pdf) 29 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 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.

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