title: Mahembe
text: # Mahembe
  
  Mahembe is an administrative ward in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 137.8 $km^2$ (53.2 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 941 m (3,087 ft). In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 14,435 people in the ward, from 22,763 in 2012. Prior to 2014 Nkungwe was a village in the Mahembe Ward before splitting off into is own $ward.^{:125}^{:147}$
  
  ## Villages / neighborhoods
  
  The ward has 2 villages and 11 hamlets.
  
  * Mahembe
     * Kagulwe
     * Kaloleni
     * Kaseke
     * Kwisamilo
     * Mahembe
     * Ndelembela A
     * Ndelemela B
  * Chankabwimba
     * Chankabwimba
     * Kabanga
     * Kichangachui
     * Mshingisha
  