Mtumba | |
Native Name: | Kata ya Mtumba |
Native Name Lang: | sw |
Settlement Type: | Ward |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | -6.1458°N 35.9423°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Dodoma Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dodoma Urban |
Subdivision Type3: | Ward |
Subdivision Name3: | Mtumba |
Leader Title1: | MP |
Leader Name1: | Antony Mavunde |
Leader Title2: | Mayor |
Leader Name2: | Professor Davis G. Mwamfupe |
Leader Title3: | Councilor |
Leader Name3: | Edward Maboje Nyagalu |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 7,277 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Mtumba is an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. The ward is along the main road to Dar es salaam. Residence in this ward depended traditionally much on agricultural activities and animal keeping. Since 2016 the new Government City housing the headquarters of ministries and government institutions has become functional in Mtumba.[1]
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,277 people in the ward, from 17,268 in 2012.[2] [3]