Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the
Rukwa Region
Rukwa Region (''Mkoa wa Rukwa'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 55000. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population ...
of
Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in
Matai.
The Kalambo River flows through the district and its mouth on Lake Tanganyika is about 15 km south of the town of
Kasanga
Kasanga, known as Bismarckburg during the German colonial rule, is a town in Rukwa Region, Tanzania. It is located at around , on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, 810 m above sea level.
History
A research station (''Forschungsstation''), the ruins ...
.
Kalambo District Council was officially established on 23 December 2012 after it was split off from the
Sumbawanga District
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 Distric ...
Council.
Moshi Chang'a was the first District Commissioner,
who served until his death in an auto accident in April 2014.
Economy
Most people are employed in herding and
subsistence farming. The major cash crops are maize, sunflowers, beans, cassava and honey.
Some people are employed in
artisanal mining and traditional fishing.
There are copper deposits at Kasanga and Kapapa.
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that is now Kalambo District had one constituency:
* Kalambo Constituency
Divisions
Kalambo District is administratively divided into 5 divisions.
1. Matai
2. Mwazye
3. Mwimbi
4. Kasanga
5. Mambwe Nkoswe
Wards
Kalambo District is administratively divided into 23
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 ...
:
1. Kasanga
2. Katazi
3. Katete
4. Kisumba
5. Legeza Mwendo
6. Mambwe Kenya
7. Mambwe Nkoswe
8.
Matai
9. Mkali
10 Mkowe
11. Msanzi
12. Mwazye
13. Mwimbi
14. Sopa
15. Ulumi
16. Sundu
17. Mbuluma
18. Lyowa
19. Samazi
20. Kilesha
21. Mnamba
22. Kanyezi
23. Mpombwe
Notes
Districts of Rukwa Region
States and territories established in 2012
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