Mpwapwa

Mpwapwa is a market town, in the of in central Africa. It is the district capital of . According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mpwapwa was 21,337.
  • Town with 30,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 998 metres (3,274 feet)
  • Description: town in Dodoma Region, Tanzania
  • Also known as
    “Mpapua”
    “Mpapwa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ving’hawe.
Ving'hawe is an administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the of .

Mpwapwa

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Latitude
-6.3484° or 6° 20′ 54″ south
Longitude
36.4867° or 36° 29′ 12″ east
Open location code
6G5RMF2P+JM
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mpwapwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مبوابوا”
  • Asturian: “Mpwapwa”
  • Bulgarian: “Мпвапва”
  • Cebuano: “Mpwapwa”
  • Dutch: “Mpwapwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبوابوا”
  • German: “Mpwapwa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mpwapwa”
  • Portuguese: “Mpwapwa”
  • Swahili: “Mpwapwa (mji)”
  • Swahili: “Mpwapwa”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Mpwapwa”
  • Urdu: “مپواپوا”

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