Image: Wikimedia Commons

Iringa

City

CitycityQ735609

Country: Tanzania
Located in: Iringa Region
, Iringa Municipal District
Population: 202,490(2022)
2
Sources
1.nbs.go.tz/
2.Stated in 2022 Tanzanian census
View statement on Wikidata ↗
Elevation: 1,550 m

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 202,490 and situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35.69°E. The name is derived from the Hehe word lilinga, meaning fort. Iringa is the administrative capital of Iringa Region. Iringa Municipal Council is the administrative designation of the Municipality of Iringa. Iringa has been one of the coldest regions in Tanzania due to its geographical location but that has attracted a lot of tourists from colder regions abroad especially Western Europe. Iringa also hosts one of Africa’s largest national parks the Ruaha National Park.

Overview

All data

25 statements · 36% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Capital of: Iringa Region

On other databases

15 identifiers linking Iringa across the web's reference databases

-7.7700, 35.6900OpenStreetMap ↗

Data quality

statements

36%

externally sourced

Source last edited August 26, 2026. AIDb refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q735609

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). Iringa (Q735609). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/iringa-Q735609