Mbeya Rural District is one of the seven
districts
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of
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
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 ...
and
Chunya District
Chunya District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the east by Mbarali District, to the south by Mbeya Rural Distric ...
, to the south by
Mbeya Urban District
Mbeya is a district of Mbeya Region, Tanzania and comprises the area of Mbeya town. It is bordered to the north by Mbeya Rural District, to the east by Rungwe District, to the south by Ileje District and to the west by Mbozi District.
Accordi ...
and
Rungwe District
Rungwe is a District in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbeya Rural District, to the east by Iringa Region, to the southeast by Kyela District, to the southwest by Ileje District and to the west by Mbeya District.
Accord ...
, to the east by
Iringa Region
Iringa Region (''Mkoa wa Iringa'' 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. Iringa Region is bor ...
and to the west by
Mbozi District
Mbozi District is a district in Songwe Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Chunya District, to the east by Mbeya Urban and Ileje Districts, to the south by Zambia and to the west by Rukwa Region.
According to the 2002 Tanzania Natio ...
.
In 2016 the
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 336,498 people in the district, from 305,319 in 2012.
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Mbeya Rural District had one constituency:
* Mbeya Vijijini Constituency
Divisions
Wards
Mbeya Rural District is administratively divided into twenty-eight
wards
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
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* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...
:
*
Bonde la Usongwe
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Igale
Igale is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 11,973 people in the ward, from 10,864 ...
*
Ihango
Ihango is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania
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*
Ijombe
Ijombe is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 ...
*
Ikukwa
Ikukwa is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 ...
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Ilembo
Ilembo is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 ...
*
Ilungu
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Inyala
Inyala is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 ...
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Isuto
Isuto is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 Afri ...
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Iwiji
Iwiji is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 9,973 people in the ward, from 15,056 i ...
*
Iwindi
Iwindi is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 20,276 people in the ward, from 18,397 ...
*
Iyunga Mapinduzi
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Mshewe
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Santilya
Santilya is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 ...
*
Tembela
Tembela is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Urban district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 2,572 people in the ward, from 2,334 in 2012.
The TAZARA Railway
The Taza ...
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Ulenje
Ulenje is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Rural 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 Afr ...
*
Utengule Usongwe
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Mjele
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Shizuvi
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Izyira
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Nsalala
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Maendeleo
Maendeleo is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Urban 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 ...
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Lwanjiro
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Swaya
Swaya is an administrative ward in Rungwe District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania
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Itawa
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Igoma
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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 ...
*
Masoko
Notes
Districts of Mbeya Region
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