Wanging'ombe District is one of the six

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of the

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 ...

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 ...

, 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 out of part of the old Njombe District that had been in

Iringa Region Iringa Region (''Mkoa wa Iringa'' 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 Guinea Bissau. Iringa Region is bor ...

Wards

As of 2012, Wanging'ombe District was administratively divided into sixteen

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: * Igima * Igosi *

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 * Kidugala * Kijombe * Kipengele * Luduga * Makoga * Mdandu * Saja * Uhambule * Ulembwe * Usuka * 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 ne ...

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Districts of Njombe Region States and territories established in 2012 {{Njombe-geo-stub