Matema is a town in southwestern Tanzania.

The town is primarily a fishing village with some agriculture.

It is located on the northern tip of Lake Nyasa and is 90 kilometres (straight-line distance) south-east of Mbeya.In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 10,304 people in the ward, from 17,103 in 2012.

[1]: 96 [3]: 114 The ward has 3 villages and 12 vitongoji.

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