Chunya District is one of the seven

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Mbeya Region Mbeya Region (''Mkoa wa Mbeya'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Guinea Bissau. Mbeya Region is bordere ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. It is bordered to the north by

Tabora Region Tabora Region (''Mkoa wa Tabora'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Tabora. The region is located in mid-western part of Tanzania. Tabora is bordered by Shinyanga to the nort ...

, to the northeast by

Singida Region Singida Region (''Mkoa wa Singida'' in Swahili) is one of the regions of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Singida. The region is bordered to the north by Shinyanga Region, Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the northeast by ...

, to the east by

Mbarali District Mbarali District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Iringa region and east by Njombe region. To the south the district is bordered by Mbeya Rural District and to the ...

, to the south by

Mbeya Rural District Mbeya Rural District is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbarali District and Chunya District, to the south by Mbeya Urban District and Rungwe District, to the east by Iringa Region and ...

, and to the west by

Songwe District Songwe District is a Districts of Tanzania, district established in 2015 in Songwe Region, Tanzania. Wards There are 18 Wards of Tanzania, wards in the Songwe District. * Chang'ombe (9,038) * Galula (9,602) * Gua (Tanzanian ward), Gua (7,433) ...

. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Chunya District was 206,615. In 2006, the District Commissioner of Chunya District was Frank Uhahula. In 2015,

was split from the western part of Chunya District and integrated into the newly created

Songwe Region Songwe Region (''Mkoa wa Songwe'' in Swahili) is a region of Tanzania created on 29 January 2016 from the western half of Mbeya Region. Its capital is Vwawa. Geography Songwe Region borders the countries of Zambia and Malawi to the south: Tund ...

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Chunya District had two constituencies: * Lupa Constituency * Songwe Constituency Songwe Constituency is now contained within Songwe District. As for now Chunya District has two divisions which are Kiwanja Division and Lupa Division.

Wards

Chunya District is administratively divided into twenty

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

: * Bwawani (7,524) * Chalangwa (8,831) * Chokaa (16,782) * Ifumbo (7,209) *

Itewe Itewe is an administrative ward in the Chunya District of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African G ...

(6,465) *

Kambikatoto Kambikatoto is an administrative ward in the Chunya district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Af ...

(7,815) * Kasanga (2,728) * Lualaje (4,745) * Lupa (8,396) *

Mafyeko Mafyeko is an administrative ward in the Chunya district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Africa ...

(10,370) *

Makongolosi Makongolosi is an administrative ward in the Chunya district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Af ...

(12,442) *

Mamba Mambas are fast moving highly venomous snakes of the genus ''Dendroaspis'' (which literally means "tree Asp (reptile), asp") in the family Elapidae. Four Neontology, extant species are recognised currently; three of those four species are essen ...

(10,563) * Matundasi (10,445) *

Matwiga Matwiga is an administrative ward in the Chunya district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Africa ...

(9,852) *

Mbugani Mbugani is an administrative ward in the Chunya district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Africa ...

(9,626) * Mkola (6,407) *

Mtanila Mtanila is an administrative ward on the Chunya District of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African ...

(9,601) * Nkung'ungu (5,750) * Sangambi (10,770) * Upendo (6,478)

References

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