Kipumbwi

Kipumbwi Kata ya Kipumbwi (Swahili)
Ward
Kata ya Kipumbwi, Wilaya ya Pangani
Kipumbwi
Coordinates: 5°37′0.12″S 38°53′3.12″E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Tanga Region
District	Pangani District
Area
• Total	235 km^2 (91 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	5,333
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
• Settler	Swahili & Maasai
• Ancestral	Zigua
Tanzanian Postal Code	21311

Kipumbwi is an administrative ward in Pangani District of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 235 km^2 (91 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 23 m (75 ft).[2] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 5,333.[3] Kipumbwi is named after a Medieval Swahili city state on the coast of Kipumbwi ward.[4]

See also

• List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast

References

1. "Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
2. "Kipumbwi elevation".
3. "2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. James de Vere Allen. "Swahili Culture and the Nature of East Coast Settlement." The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Boston University African Studies Center, 1981, pp. 306–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/218047