Matendo

{{Short description|Ward of Kigoma District, Kigoma Region}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Matendo

|native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Kata ya Matendo}}

|official_name = Kata ya Matendo, Wilaya ya Kigoma

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Ward

|image_skyline = Landscape in Matendo Ward, Kigoma District.jpg

|caption = Landscape in Matendo Ward, Kigoma District

|pushpin_map = Tanzania

|pushpin_label_position =

|map_caption = Location of Matendo

|coordinates = {{Coord|4|52|25.32|S|29|53|49.56|E|display=title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Kigoma Region

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = Kigoma District

|area_total_km2 = 175.4

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_total = 14,306

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_footnotes = {{r|2016_census|p=125}}

|elevation_m = 969

|postal_code_type = Tanzanian Postal Code

|postal_code = 47209

}}

Matendo is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of {{cvt|175.4|km2}},{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/lake/admin/|title=Tanzania: Lake Zone Tanzania (Districts and Wards) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map}} and has an average elevation of {{cvt|969|m}}.{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/matendo-kigoma-tz-1012577803|title=Matendo Elevation}} In 2016, according to the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report, there were 14,306 people in the ward, from 22,458 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Kidahwe Ward was a village in the Matendo Ward before splitting off to form its won new ward.{{r|Kigoma_postcode}}{{r|2016_census|p=125}}{{r|2012_census|p=147}}