Tandahimba is one of the six 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 ...
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 east by the
Mtwara Rural District, to the south by
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
, to the west by the
Newala District
Newala is one of the five districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Masasi District, to the east by the Tandahimba District, to the south by Newala Town, and to the north by the Tandahimba and Masasi
M ...
, and to the north by the
Lindi Region
Lindi Region (''Mkoa wa Lindi'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Sri Lanka. The regional capital is the m ...
.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Tandahi
mba District was 204,648.
Wards
The Tandahimba District is administratively divided into 22 wards:
* Chaume
* Chigungwe
* Kishumundu
* Kitama
* Luagala
* Lukokoda
* Lyenje
* Mahuta
* Maundo
* Michenjele
* Mihambwe
* Milongodi
* Mdimba Mnyoma
* Mkonjowano
* Mkoreha
* Mkwiti
* Mnyawa
* Namikupa
* Nanhyanga
* Naputa
* Ngunja
* Tandahimba
References
Districts of Mtwara Region
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