MPAPWA

[s. 531] : A settlement in German East Africa, situated in the Usagara region, about 52 Mamboia. Station of the of miles W. by S. CMS (1878), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, one with his wife; 10 native workers, 8 day schools, 1 dispensary, and 219 profe ed Christians, of Society has spelled the 66 are communicants. name Mpwapwa, but, at the request of the local officials, in 1904 adopted the spelling Mpapua. whom MPHOME: A town in North Transvaal, Africa, south of Limpopo River. A station of the Berlin Mi ion Society (1878), with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 34 native workers, 15 outstations, 3 day schools, 1,801 profe ed Christians, of whom 1,180 are communicants. 531