Mkigo

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

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

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

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Mkigo

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

|official_name = Kata ya Mkigo, Wilaya ya Kigoma

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Ward

|image_skyline =

|caption =

|pushpin_map = Tanzania

|pushpin_label_position =

|map_caption = Location of Mkigo

|coordinates = {{Coord|4|29|38.76|S|29|45|22.32|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 = 80

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_total = 7,478

|population_density_km2 = auto

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

|elevation_m = 1,594

|postal_code_type = Tanzanian Postal Code

|postal_code = 47201

}}

Mkigo is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania.

The ward covers an area of {{cvt|80|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|1,594|m}}.{{Cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/mukigo-mkigo-kigoma-tz-1012570316|title=Mkigo Elevation}} In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 7,478 people in the ward, from 16,252 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Nyarubanda village and its hamlets were are part of the Mikigo Ward until they split off to for their own new ward.{{r|Kigoma_postcode}}{{r|2016_census|p=125}}{{r|2012_census|p=147}}