Magu, Tanzania

Magu
Town
Magu
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 02°35′S 33°26′E / 2.583°S 33.433°E / -2.583; 33.433
Country Tanzania
Region Mwanza Region
District Magu District
Government
  Type Town Council
Time zone GMT + 3


Magu is a town in Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat of Magu District, one of the seven districts of Mwanza Region. The distance from Magu to Mwanza town is around 60 kilometres. According to the national census of 2012, the population of Magu – Magu Mjini in Swahili – is 23,822.[1]

Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Kenyan border runs through Magu town.[2]

References

  1. "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics.
  2. "Trunk and Regional Roads Network". Tanroads. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.


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