Rice seedlings in the Kilomberoflood plain ready for transplanting

Kilombero District is a

district 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 ...

Morogoro Region Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' 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 Ireland. Morogoro Region is border ...

, south-western

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 ...

. The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the

Kilombero River The Ulanga River, also known as the Kilombero River, rises in the highlands of the southwest of Morogoro Region, Tanzania, on the eastern slope of the East African Rift. The river flows northeast along the northeastern border of the Lindi Region ...

in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kilombero River, in the south-east, the

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

is part of

Ulanga District Ulanga District (Mahenge District) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. the administrative seat is in Mahenge. It covers of which is in forest reserves. Ulanga District is bordered to the north and west by the Kilom ...

. According to the last census in 2002, the population of Kilombero District is 321,611 The main ethnic groups are Wapogoro, Wandamba, Wabena, and Wambunga and several others in small proportions. The area is predominantly rural with the semi-urban district headquarters Ifakara as major settlement. The majority of the villagers are subsistence farmers of maize and rice. There are large plantations of teak wood in the Kilombero and the neighbouring Ulanga districts. In the north-west of the district, Illovo Sugar Company's sugar-cane plantations occupy most of the low lying area.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Kilombrero District had one constituency: * Kilombrero Constituency

Divisions

Ifakara, Kidatu, Mang´ula, Mlimba, Mngeta.

Wards

NGOs

MSABI MSABI is a non-governmental organization founded by Dale Young in 2009 in Ifakara, Tanzania. Its projects focus on water sanitation, hygiene, and education. Name and history Engineer Dale Young moved to Tanzania in 2007 with his partner who w ...

– Safe Water for Better Health Ifakara – an NGO that focuses on water, sanitation, hygiene, and education *

Eye Care Foundation Eye Care Foundation (ECF) is an international charity organisation active in over 20 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin-America. ECF was founded when ''Eyecare Worldwide'' and ''Mekong Eye Doctors'' joined forces in 2008. The two organizations s ...

* Friends of Kilombero * TFCG – works on natural forest management and related natural resources management in Tanzania Eastern Arc mountain blocks and coastal forests * Save Education and Future Development Foundation – promotes access of quality education in rural communities

References

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