- Mbinga (district)
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Mbinga is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Iringa Region, to the East by the Songea Rural and Songea Urban Districts, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by Lake Nyasa.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mbinga District was 404,799.[1]Mbinga District covers an area of 11,396 square kilometres, about 18 percent of the land area of the Ruvuma Region and about 1% of the land mass of Tanzania.[2]
Wards
The Mbinga District is administratively divided into 37 wards:
- Chiwanda
- Kigonsera
- Kihagara
- Kihangi Mahuka
- Kilimani (English meaning: on the hill)
- Kilosa
- Kingerikiti
- Kitura
- Langiro
- Liparamba
- Lipingo
- Linda
- Litembo
- Lituhi
- Litumbandyosi
- Liuli
- Maguu
- Matiri
- Mbaha
- Mbamba Bay
- Mbangamao
- Mbinga Urban
- Mbuji
- Mikalanga
- Mkumbi
- Mpapa
- Mpepai
- Mtipwili
- Myangayanga
- Ndongosi
- Ngima
- Ngumbo
- Nyoni
- Ruanda
- Tingi
- Ukata
- Utiri
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Nhira, Calvin, Mapiki, Alfred (2008). Land and Water Management in Southern Africa: Towards Sustainable Agriculture. African Books Collective. p. 260. ISBN 0798302143. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mCyzZykmJBcC&pg=PA258&dq=Matengo&hl=en&ei=KMXFTOK-FY7KjAfZouC5BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Matengo&f=false.
Sources
Categories:- Districts of Tanzania
- Ruvuma Region
- Tanzania geography stubs
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