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Sumbawanga District

Coordinates: 07°58′S 031°37′E / 7.967°S 31.617°E / -7.967; 31.617
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Sumbawanga Urban District
location in Rukwa Region
location in Rukwa Region
Country Tanzania
RegionRukwa Region
Area
 • Total1,374 km2 (531 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total303,986
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)

Sumbawanga Urban District is one of the four districts in the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Lake Rukwa, to the east by the Mbeya Region, to the south by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the west by the Nkasi District. The district (and regional) capital is Sumbawanga.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Sumbawanga Urban District was 209,793.[2]

Wards

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The Sumbawanga Urban District is administratively divided into fifteen wards:[3]

  1. Chanji
  2. Izia
  3. Kasense
  4. Katandala
  5. Kizwite/Chanji
  6. Majengo
  7. Malangali
  8. Matanga
  9. Mazwi
  10. Milanzi
  11. Mollo
  12. Ntendo
  13. Old Sumbawanga
  14. Pito
  15. Senga

References

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  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Sumbawanga municipality]
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of subdivisions in Rukwa Region
  3. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of subdivisions in Sumbawanga Municipal

07°58′S 031°37′E / 7.967°S 31.617°E / -7.967; 31.617