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Magu
Mwanza, Tanzania · Africa
About Magu
Magu sits on the route: 20 minutes from Kihangara.
Magu is in Mwanza, Tanzania, with about 35,000 people. The nearest town is Kihangara, about 11 km away.
Magu District is one of the eight districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Magu on the Simiyu River.
It is bordered to the north by Lake Victoria and Busega District, to the east by Bariadi District, to the south by Itilima District, Maswa District, KwimbaRead more
District and Misungwi District, and to the west by the city of Mwanza, which consists of Nyamagana District and Ilemela District.
As of 2022, the population of Magu was 421,119.
This is not much more than the district's population in 2002, when the number was 416,113, due to the fact that the district was split up in 2012 and about half of the original Magu district is now part of the new Busega District, Simiyu Region.
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Magu is in Mwanza, Tanzania, about 11 km from Kihangara.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 35,000
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Region
- Mwanza
- Timezone
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Coordinates
- -2.5907, 33.4462
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