Official Name: | Orkesumet |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tanzania |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tanzania |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Manyara Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Simanjiro District |
Established Title: | First Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated Town |
Established Title3: | Incorporated City |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 5,325 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT + 3 |
Coordinates: | -4.4622°N 37.2047°W |
Orkesumet is a town and a ward in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is the district headquarter of Simanjiro District.
According to the 2012 census, the population of Orkesumet is 5,325.[1]
In 2014, plans were announced to build the Simanjiro District Hospital in Orkesumet.[2]