Ivuna

Ivuna is an administrative ward in Mbozi District, Songwe Region, Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 21,690.[1]

The Ivuna salt flats southeast of Lake Rukwa have been exploited for salt since the early 13th century, or before, to the 15th century. Significant amounts of Iron Age pottery have been found here.[2]

References
  1. "Population by Sex, Number of Households and Average Household Size". Government of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. Konczac, Zbigniew A. (1977). An Economic History of Tropical Africa: The pre-colonial period. Abingdon: Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-2919-7.


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