Mufindi District is one of the four

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of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kilolo District and

Iringa Urban District Iringa Urban District is one of the five districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north, east, and west by the Iringa Rural District and to the south by the Kilolo District Kilolo is one of the four districts of the Iri ...

, to the south 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 the Morogoro Region and to the west by the

Singida Region Singida Region (''Mkoa wa Singida'' in Swahili) is one of the regions of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Singida. The region is bordered to the north by Shinyanga Region, Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the northeast by ...

. , the population of the Mufindi District was 283,032.

Geography

Mufindi is mountainous, with one of the coolest and rainiest climates in Tanzania. Among many, the district is known for its tea and timber industries.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 general elections, Mufindi District had three constituencies: Mufindi North constituency, Mufindi South constituency, and Mafinga constituency. * Mufindi Constituency

Divisions

Mufindi district is divided into 5 divisions, these are Ifwagi, Sadani, Kibengu, Mapanda, and Malangali

Wards

, Mufindi District was administratively divided into twenty-eight

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: * Bumilayinga *

Ifunda Ifunda is an administrative ward in the Iringa Rural district of the Iringa Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the A ...

* Ifwagi * Igombavanu * Igowole * Ihalimba * Ihanu * Ihowanza * Ikweha * Isalavanu * Itandula *

Kasanga Kasanga, known as Bismarckburg during the German colonial rule, is a town in Rukwa Region, Tanzania. It is located at around , on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, 810 m above sea level. History A research station (''Forschungsstation''), the ruins ...

* Kibengu * Kiyowela * Luhunga *

Mafinga Mafinga Town Council is one of the five districts of the Iringa 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 Grea ...

* Makungu * Malangali * Mapanda * Mbalamaziwa * Mdabulo * Mninga * Mpanga TAZARA * Mtambula * Mtwango * Nyololo * Rungemba * Sadani

Image gallery

File:Landscape at Mufindi, Tanzania.jpg, Tea fields, Maganga Tea Estates File:Mufindi tea farm.JPG, Picking tea. Mufindi tea farm File:Ikwega Mission.jpg, Ikwega mission File:Parokia ya Ikwega.2016.jpg, Catholic parish church, Iringa, Mufindi

Notes

Districts of Iringa Region {{iringa-geo-stub es:Mufindi vi:Mufindi (huyện)