Mkalama District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is one of the 20 new districts that were formed in Tanzania since 2010; it was split off from Iramba District. Mkalama District is bordered to the north by Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the east by Manyara Region, to the south by Singida Rural District and to the west by Iramba District. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mkalama District was 188,733.

Transport

Paved trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the

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n border passes through a small portion of the district.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Mkalama District was administratively divided into 14

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 ...

Wards

* Gumanga * Ibaga *

Iguguno Iguguno is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 ...

Ilunda Ilunda is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 Gre ...

Kikhonda Kikhonda is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 ...

Kinyangiri Kinyangiri is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida Region of Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward had a total population of 18,838. According to the 2012 census, the population had decreased to 13,475. Histori ...

* Matongo *

Miganga Miganga is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 Gr ...

* Mpambala *

Msingi Msingi is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 Gre ...

(English meaning: Primary or Foundation) * Mwanga *

Mwangeza Mwangeza is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 ...

Nduguti Nduguti is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 Gr ...

Nkinto Nkinto is an administrative ward in the Mkalama District of the Singida 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 Gre ...

References

{{Districts of Singida Districts of Singida Region