Matema is a town in southwestern

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. The town is primarily a

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with some agriculture. It is located on the northern tip of

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and is 90 kilometres (straight-line distance) south-east of

Mbeya Mbeya is a city located in south west Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population is 620,000 according to the 2022 census. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region (population, with Mbeya, totals approx. 2 million). Mbeya is si ...

.In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 10,304 people in the ward, from 17,103 in 2012.

Villages / vitongoji

The ward has 3 villages and 12 vitongoji. * Ikombe ** Busisya ** Ikunda ** Isimba ** Lyulilo ** Njisi * Kisyosyo ** Busona ** Kisyosyo ** Lusonjo * Matema ** Bulinda ** Ibungu ** Itukisyo ** Matema

References

Populated places in Mbeya Region {{Mbeya-geo-stub