Tunduru District
[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] is one of the five districts in the
Ruvuma Region
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of
Tanzania
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. It is bordered to the north by the
Lindi Region
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, to the east by the
Mtwara Region
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, to the south by
Mozambique
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and to the west by the
Namtumbo District
Namtumbo District is one of the five districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the east by the Tunduru District, to the south by Mozambique
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.
, the population of the Tunduru District was 247,976.
Administrative subdivisions
Tunduru District is administratively divided into seven divisions and twenty-four
wards
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.
Divisions
The divisions are:
# Namsakata
# Nampungu
# Nalasi
# Matemanga
# Nakapanya
# Lukumbule
# Mlingoti (comprising the whole of Tunduru township)
Wards
The wards are:
# Kalulu
# Kidodoma
# Ligoma
# Ligunga
# Lukumbule
# Marumba
#
Matemanga
# Mbesa
# Mchesi
#
Mchoteka
# Mindu
#
Misechela
# Mlingoti Magharibi (West)
# Mlingoti Mashariki (East)
# Mtina
# Muhuwesi
# Nakapanya
# Nalasi
# Namasakata
# Nampungu
# Namwinyu
# Nandembo
# Ngapa
# Tuwemacho
Notes
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Districts of Ruvuma Region
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