Boma, Mkinga

Boma
Kata ya Boma (Swahili)
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Boma
Coordinates: 4°52′41.4″S 39°12′2.52″E / 4.878167°S 39.2007000°E / -4.878167; 39.2007000
Country Tanzania
RegionTanga Region
DistrictMkinga District
Area
  Total
42.1 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
  Total
2,587
Ethnic groups
  SettlerSwahili
  AncestralDigo & Segeju
Tanzanian Postal Code
21514

Boma (Kata ya Boma, in Swahili) is an administrative ward of the Mkinga District in the Tanga Region of Tanzania. The ward covers a peninsula surrounded by the Pemba Channel on the east and Manza Bay on the west. The Manza and Moa wards are attached to the ward to the west. According to the 2012 Census the ward had a population of 2,587.