Mbinga District is one of the five

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 ...

of the

Ruvuma Region Ruvuma Region (''Mkoa wa Ruvuma'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,376,891, which was lower th ...

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. It is bordered to the north by the

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 land area of the nation state of El Salvador. Njombe Region is bord ...

, to the east by

Songea Rural District Songea Rural District is one of five districts in the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the east by the Namtumbo District, to the south by the Songea Urban District, to the west by the Mbinga Distric ...

and

Songea Urban District Songea Urban District is one of the five districts in the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Songea Rural District, to the east by the Namtumbo District, to the south by Mozambique and to the west by the Mbinga Distric ...

, to the south by

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

and to the west by

Lake Nyasa Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the fifth largest fre ...

. Notable people are Oscar Kambona, former minister of foreign affairs. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mbinga District was 404,799. Mbinga District covers an area of 11,396 square kilometres, about 18 percent of the land area of the Ruvuma Region and about 1% of the land mass of Tanzania.

Wards

The Mbinga District is administratively divided into 37

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: * Chiwanda * Kigonsera * Kihagara * Kihangi Mahuka * Kilimani * Kilosa * Kingerikiti * Kitura * Langiro * Liparamba * Lipingo * Linda * Litembo * Lituhi * Litumbandyosi *

Liuli Liuli, formerly known as Sphinx Hafen (german: Sphinxhafen), is a settlement on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Malawi in the Mbinga District of Ruvuma province. It is notable for being the site of the first naval action of World War I. The sphinx roc ...

* Maguu * Matiri * Mbaha *

Mbamba Bay Mbamba Bay is a town in western Tanzania, lying on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa. Port Mbamba Bay has an indentation in the otherwise straight profile of the lake and may be a potential port. Transport In October 2007, it was ...

Mbamba Bay is the starting point of the ferry to Itungu in the north. * Mbangamao * Mbinga Urban * Mbuji * Mikalanga * Mkumbi * Mpapa * Mpepai * Mtipwili * Myangayanga * Ndongosi * Ngima * Ngumbo * Nyoni * Ruanda * Tingi * Ukata * Utiri Kilindi

References

Districts of Ruvuma Region {{Ruvuma-geo-stub