About Kigoma
Kigoma is a city in Kigoma, Tanzania with a population of 232,388. It is the 18th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 2,481st largest worldwide. It lies 692 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 7
Elevation
769 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
-4.877, 29.627
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.