Newala is one of the five districts of the

Mtwara Region Mtwara Region (''Mkoa wa Mtwara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Mtwara. Mtwara Region is home to one of the most infuluencial people in Tanzania, the Makonde. Mtwara is ...

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 west by the

Masasi District Masasi is one of the six districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Lindi Region, to the east by the Newala, Newala District, to the south by the Ruvuma River and Mozambique and to the west by Nanyumbu District ...

, to the east by the Tandahimba District, to the south by

Newala Town Newala Town, is a district level town council in the Mtwara Region in the southern coastal Tanzania. Newala Town is in the south central portion of the Mtwara Region, on the northern bank of the Ruvuma River that is the border between Tanzani ...

, and to the north by the

Tandahimba Tandahimba is one of the six districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the east by the Mtwara Rural District, to the south by Mozambique, to the west by the Newala District, and to the north by the Lindi Region Lindi Reg ...

and

Masasi Masasi is one of the six districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Lindi Region, to the east by the Newala District, to the south by the Ruvuma River and Mozambique and to the west by Nanyumbu District N ...

Districts. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 122,072 people in the ward, from 205,492 in 2012. The decrease due to the creation of the town council in 2014. Most of the inhabitants are from the Makonde tribe.

Administrative areas

The Newala District is administratively divided into 4 divisions, 22 wards, 107 villages and 302 hamlets. Wards (2016 population) * Chihangu (6,064) * Chilangalanga (6,054) * Chitekete (4,117) * Chiwonga (5,564) * Kitangari (8,150) * Makukwe (6,637) * Malatu (6,580) * Maputi (6,743) * Mchemo (9,331) * Mdimba Mpelempele (4,049) * Mikumbi (4,106) * Mkoma II (2,976) * Mkwedu (6,759) * Mnyambe (7,958) * Mnyeu (3,020) * Mpwapwa (3,819) * Mtopwa (5,882) * Mtunguru (6,350) * Muungano (3,812) * Nakahako (4,733) * Nambali (6,611) * Nandwahi (6,575)

References

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