Songosongo is an administrative ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania.
The ward covers an area of 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi),[1] and has an average elevation of 11 m (36 ft).[2] According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 3,056.[3] The ward administers the whole archipelago of the Songosongo Islands, which are composed of 22 coral reefs and 4 coral islands; Songo Songo Island, Fanjove Island, Nyuni Island and Okuza Island. The islands ward's native inhabitants are the Matumbi people. The archipelago is composed of 21 coral reefs including the 4 islands. The ward seat is Songosongo village. In addition there are four hamlets on the islands; Pembeni, Makondeni, Msitumani and Funguni .[4]
^"Tanzania:Coastal Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^"Songosongo Elevation".
^"2012 Population and Housing Census General Report" (PDF). Government of Tanzania. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
^"Kilwa District Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
Songosongo is an administrative ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi), and has an average...
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speak the Matumbi language. They are also the native inhabitants of the Songosongo island archipelago. Their homeland is also south of the Rufiji delta in...
The Songosongo Archipelago or The Songosongo Islands (Visiwa vya Songosongo, in Swahili) is an group of islands in Kilwa District of Lindi Region's coast...
spelled Songosongo Island (Swahili: Kisiwa cha Songosongo), is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward...
species to France in 1821. The native Malagasy name for this plant is songosongo also applied to several other Euphorbia species. It is imagined that the...
Fanjove, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's...
Okuza, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's...
commercial operation". Globaleq. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2015. "SongoSongo Gas-to-Electricity Project". tpdc-tz. Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation...
Nyuni, in Swahili) is a coral island in the Songosongo Archipelago. The island is governed by the Songosongo ward in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's...
environment needed for it to grow. It is known by common name in Madagascar as "Songosongo" or "Betono." As a shrub 1–2 m (3+1⁄2–6+1⁄2 ft) high with a subglobose...
islands of Shungu Mbili of the Mafia Archipelago, and Fanjove Island of the Songosongo Archipelago. It is believed to have appeared on a Portuguese map from...
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Passes, Chole Bay, Rass Mkumbi, Fungu Sefu, Tunny Bay, Okuza Island of the Songosongo Archipelago, and Nyuni off Juani are a few places to mention. Off Sheikh...
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