Njombe District is a former

district 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 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 Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. The current Njombe districts are

Njombe Rural District Njombe Rural District is one of the six districts of the Njombe Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative seat is Njombe town. History Njombe Rural District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created out ...

and

Njombe Urban District Njombe Urban District is one of the six districts of the Njombe Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat for the district is in the city of Njombe. History Njombe Urban District was formally established when it was gazetted in Mar ...

. Up until 2012 Njombe District was among the districts of the Iringa Region. In 2012, the area that had been within the old Njombe District was incorporated into the new

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 ...

. Within the new region there were created three districts that had wards that were formerly within Njombe District:

(Njombe Town Council) and

Wanging'ombe District Wanging'ombe District is one of the six districts of the Njombe Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Igwachanya. History Wanging'ombe District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created ...

. In addition Njombe Region received

Makete District Makete District is one of the six districts of Njombe Region of Tanzania. Its administrative seat is the town of Iwawa. It is bordered to the north and west by the Mbeya Region, to the east by the Njombe District and to the south by the Ludewa ...

and Ludewa District from Iringa Region.

Etymology

The name Njombe originates from a name of a tree species "Mdzombe" that was by then dominant in the place called Mdandu which was a German " Boma" during German colonialism, this tree species has a medicinal value.

Population

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Njombe District was 420,34

A large population belong to the Christian religion and little Muslims and some Local Religion.

Economic Activities

The main economic activities of the people of Njombe include cultivation of food crops. Njombe was one of the largest producers of Irish Potatoes, Maize and partly beans. As for cash crops, timber and electric poles are produced at large amounts. It has come up of recent that a large population has embarked onto planting trees for timber. The common tree species grown here include Pines at a very large percent and a little of Eucalyptus and Cypress. Coal minining in Ludew District near Lake Nyassa

Coal minining in Ludew District near Lake Nyassa

Timber is sold directly to Dar es Salaam where there is the larger market and the other is locally sold for carpentry, building and construction activities.

Wards

, Njombe District was administratively divided into twenty-five wards: # Idamba # Igongolo # Igosi # Ikondo # Ikuna #

Ilembula Ilembula is a town and ward in Wanging'ombe district in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. Its population according to the 2002 Tanzanian census is 18,126. International relations Twin towns, Sister cities & Partnership cit ...

# Imalinyi # Iwungilo # Kidegembye # Kifanya # Luduga #

Lupembe Lupembe is a town and ward in Njombe Rural District in the Njombe Region of the Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Africa ...

# Luponde # Mahongole #

Makambako Makambako is a medium-sized town and district in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands, located roughly 40 miles north of Njombe city by road. It is located at junction of the A104 and B4 roads between Njombe, Iringa, and Mbeya. I ...

Matola Matola is the largest suburb of the Mozambique capital, Maputo, adjacent to its westernmost side. It is the nation's second most populated city. Matola is the capital of Maputo Province and has had its own elected municipal government since 1998 ...

# Mdandu # Mtwango #

Njombe Mjini Njombe Mjini is an administrative ward in the Njombe Urban District, in the Njombe Region of southern Tanzania. Description The ward represents the central downtown area of the City of Njombe. The city is the capital of the Njombe Region Njomb ...

# Saja # Usuka # Uwemba # Wangama #

Wanging'ombe Wanging'ombe (Wangi Ngombe) is a town and ward in Wanging'ombe District in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. , the population of the ward was 18,545. History In 2012 it was incorporated in the new eponymous district of the new ...

# Yakobi

Sources

Njombe District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
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