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Kwamsisi

ward in Korogwe Town District, Tanga Region

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2022
Entity authorityQ25619305 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kwamsisi is an administrative ward in Korogwe Urban District of Tanga Region in Tanzania.

The ward covers an area of 61.5 km2 (23.7 sq mi), and has an average elevation of 323 m (1,060 ft). According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 5,813.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kwamsisi” as ward in Korogwe Town District, Tanga Region. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kwamsisi, ward and Korogwe.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kwamsisi, ward and Korogwe providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kwamsisi”, the useful work is to connect “ward in Korogwe Town District, Tanga Region” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q25619305. Authority coordinates are -5.872, 38.573. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2012.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kwamsisi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kwamsisi primary sources, Kwamsisi archive and Kwamsisi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kwamsisi”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kwamsisi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.