Newala is one of the five districts of the
Mtwara 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 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 District, to the south by the Ruvuma River and Mozambique and to the west by Nanyumbu District
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, to the east by the
Tandahimba District, to the south by
Newala Town, and to the north by the
Tandahimba and
Masasi 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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Districts of Mtwara Region