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{{Short description|Ward in Pangani District, Tanga Region}}
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|name                    = Mkwaja
|native_name             = {{native phrase|sw|Kata ya Mkwaja}}
|official_name           = Kata ya Mkwaja, Wilaya ya Pangani
|nickname                =
|settlement_type         = [[Wards of Tanzania|Ward]]
|pushpin_map             = Tanzania
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|coordinates             ={{Coord|5|47|0|S|38|51|0|E|display=title}}
|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name        = {{flag|Tanzania}}
|subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Tanzania|Region]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Tanga Region]]
|subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of Tanzania|District]]
|subdivision_name2       = [[Pangani District]]
|area_total_km2          = 408
|population_as_of        = 2012
|population_total        = 4,217
|population_density_km2  = auto
|elevation_m             = 37
|postal_code_type       = Tanzanian Postal Code
|postal_code            = 21312
|demographics_type1      = [[List of ethnic groups in Tanzania|Ethnic groups]]
|demographics1_title1    = Settler
|demographics1_info1     = [[Swahili people|Swahili]]
|demographics1_title2    = Ancestral
|demographics1_info2     = [[Zigula people|Zigua]]
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'''Mkwaja'''  is an administrative ward in [[Pangani District]] of [[Tanga Region]] in [[Tanzania]]. The ward covers an area of {{cvt|408|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Tanzania(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> and has an average elevation of {{cvt|37|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/mkwaja-pangani-tz-1012572057|title=Mkwaja elevation}}</ref> According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 4,217.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of [[Tanzania]]|accessdate=2021-12-31}}</ref> The name Mkwaja is derived after a Medieval [[Swahili people|Swahili]] city state on the coast of Mkwaja ward.<ref>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</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Swahili settlements of the East African coast]]
==References==
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[[Category:Swahili people]]
[[Category:Swahili city-states]]
[[Category:Swahili culture]]
[[Category:National Historic Sites in Tanga Region]]
[[Category:National Historic Sites in Tanzania]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Tanzania]]
[[Category:Wards of Pangani District]]
[[Category:Wards of Tanga Region]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa]]
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