Sumbawanga Rural District is one of three

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of the

Rukwa Region Rukwa Region (''Mkoa wa Rukwa'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 55000. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population ...

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. It is bordered to the northeast by the

Sumbawanga Urban District Sumbawanga Urban District is one of the four districts in the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Lake Rukwa, to the east by the Mbeya Region, to the south by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the west by the Nkasi Distric ...

, to the south by

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and to the northwest by the

Nkasi District Nkasi District (formerly Nkansi District) is one of the three districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, with its headquarters in the village of Namanyere. It is bordered to the north by the Mpanda District of Katavi Region; to the east by th ...

. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Sumbawanga Rural District was 373,080.

Wards

The Sumbawanga Rural District is administratively divided into twenty-three

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: * Kaengesa * Kalambazite * Kaoze * Kasanga * Katazi * Kipeta * Laela * Legezamwendo * Lusaka * Mambwekenya * Mambwenkoswe * Matai * Miangalua * Milepa * Mkowe * Mpui * Msanzi * Mtowisa * Muze * Mwazye * Mwimbi * Sandalula * Sopa Districts of Rukwa Region {{Rukwa-geo-stub