Njombe Rural 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 ...

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, East Africa. Its administrative seat is

Njombe Njombe is a town in southern Tanzania. It is the regional capital of Njombe Region as well as the district headquarter of Njombe Rural District and Njombe Urban District. It is located at nearly 2000 meters of altitude on the eastern edge of the ...

town.

History

Njombe Rural District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created out of the northern 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 ...

. Western Njombe District became Wanging'ombe District, and south-eastern part became Njombe Urban District.

Economy

Most people are employed in herding and

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. Roads are poor.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that became Njombe Rural District had one constituency: * Njombe Kaskazini (Njombe North) Constituency

Divisions

Njombe Rural District is administratively divided into divisions.

Wards

As of 2012, Njombe Rural District was administratively divided into fourteen

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: * Idamba * Igongolo * Ikondo * Ikuna * Kidegembye * Kitandililo *

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 ...

* Mahongole * Mfriga * Matembwe *

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* Mtwango * Ninga * Utengule

Notes

Districts of Njombe Region {{Njombe-geo-stub