SONGEA MJINI YA SASA #2025

Songea ni manisipaa nchini Tanzania ambao ni makao makuu ya Mkoa wa Ruvuma yenye postikodi namba 57100. Eneo la mji ni wilaya ya Songea Mjini. Jina la Songea ni kumbukumbu ya chifu Songea wa Wangoni aliyekuwa na ikulu yake hapa wakati wa kuenea kwa ukoloni wa Ujerumani akauawa na Wajerumani wa kati wa vita ya majimaji. Mji wa Songea (iliyoandikwa Ssongea wakati ule) ulianzishwa mwaka 1897 kama kituo cha kijeshi cha Kijerumani. Ukakua kuwa makao makuu ya utawala wa mkoa Songea wa Afrika ya Mashariki ya Kijerumani. Mazingira ya mji yaliathiriwa vibaya na vita ya majimaji na ukandamizaji wake na Wajerumani. Songea ikaendelea kuwa makao makuu ya mkoa wakati wa utawala wa Uingereza katika Tanganyika na baada ya uhuru katika Tanzania huria. Kata za Wilaya ya Songea Mjini - Mkoa wa Ruvuma Bombambili | Lilambo | Lizaboni | Majengo | Matarawe | Mateka | Matogoro | Mfaranyaki | Misufini | Mjimwema | Mletele | Msamala | Mshangano | Mwengemshindo | Ndilimalitembo | Ruhuwiko | Ruvuma | Seedfarm | Songea Mjini | Subira | Tanga Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania.[2] It is located along the A19 road.[3] The city has a population of 286,285,[1][2] and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907, the city was a centre of African resistance during the Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa. The city is poised to experience significant economic growth in the near future as the Mtwara Corridor opens up in a few years. It is projected to be the sixth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.74% growth.[4] The city took its names after one of the Ngoni warriors, killed in 1906 during the time of German repression of the Maji Maji rebellion.[5] After the Second World War, the area was marked for rapid agricultural development linked to the ultimately disastrous groundnut scheme. A railway had been planned from the coast to Songea and actually appeared in 1950s high school geography text books. During the liberation war with Mozambique the Songea area was a restricted zone and occasionally suffered aerial attacks by Portuguese forces. Its remoteness made it vulnerable to ivory poaching, and communications remained unreliable until 1985 when a new British funded road was opened linking it northwards to the road and rail hub of Makambako. Songea became a municipality in 2006.[6]