Ludewa District is one of six

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in the

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, East Africa. Prior to 2012, the district was one of the seven districts of

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. The town of

Ludewa Ludewa is a town and ward in Ludewa District of Njombe Region Njombe Region (''Mkoa wa Njombe'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined lan ...

is the administrative seat of the district. A hospital is located in the city. The district is bordered to the north by the

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and Makete District, to the southeast by the

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and to the southwest by the country of

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across

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. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 137,520 people in the district, from 133,218 in 2012.

Geography

The district has a wide shore of

with beaches in Lupingu and Manda and the mouth of Ruhuhu River. The district covers and area of , of which that is 75% is land, and that is 25% is water.

Economy

The primary occupations are livestock raising,

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, and fishing which encompasses 78% of peoples livelyhoods.

Mining

The Liganga iron ore mine in Ludewa is a $1.8 billion USD project to mine iron ore and manufacture steel sheets. The complex is to produce one mt/y of steel, iron, titanium dioxide, and vanadium pentoxide. There is a small amount of

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of gold and gem quality green tourmaline.

Administrative subdivisions

Ludewa District is administratively divided into five divisions, twenty-six wards, with 77 villages, and 337 vitongoji.

Constituencies

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

Wards

Below are the 26 wards as follows: * Ibumi * Iwela * Kilondo * Lifuma * Luana * Ludende * Ludewa * Lugarawa * Luilo * Lumbila * Lupanga * Lupingu * Madilu * Madope * Makonde * Manda * Masasi * Mavanga * Mawengi *

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* Mkongobaki * Mlangali * Mundindi * Nkomang'ombe * Ruhuhu *Lubonde

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References

{{Authority control Districts of Njombe Region