Ulanga District (Mahenge District) is one of the six districts of the
Morogoro Region
Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' 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 Ireland. Morogoro Region is border ...
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 ...
. the administrative seat is in
Mahenge. It covers of which is in forest reserves.
Ulanga District is bordered to the north and west by the
Kilombero District
Kilombero District is a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania.
The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero River in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kil ...
, to the east by the
Lindi Region and to the south by the
Ruvuma Region
Ruvuma Region (''Mkoa wa Ruvuma'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,376,891, which was lower th ...
.
Demographics
, the population of the Ulanga District was 194,209.
According to the 2012 census the population had risen to 265,203 people. The Wapogoro are the majority ethnic group in Ulanga District.
Economy
Most people are employed in herding and
subsistence farming
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...
, although there is some traditional fishing. Some mining is done in
Lukande Ward.
Roads are poor. There is one gravelled airstrip located in the
Selous Game Reserve.
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 elections Ulanga District had one constituency:
* Ulanga Mashariki Constituency (Ulanga East Constituency)
Divisions
Ulanga District is administratively divided into four divisions.
* Lupiro
* Vigoi
* Ruaha
* Mwaya
Wards
Ulanga District is administratively divided into twenty-one
wards:
* Chirombola
* Euga
* Ilonga
* Iragua
* Isongo
* Ketaketa
* Kichangani
* Lukande
* Lupiro
* Mahenge
* Mawasiliano
* Mbuga
* Milola
* Minepa
* Msogezi
* Mwaya
* Nawenge
* Ruaha
* Sali
* Uponera
* Vigoi
Notes
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Districts of Morogoro Region