Mbeya Rural District

Mbeya District
Mbeya District
District
	Mbeya Tanzania
	Mbeya District of Mbeya Region
	Coordinates: 8°55′57″S33°20′30″E / 8.93245447°S 33.34162762°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mbeya Region
District	Mbeya District
Government
• Type	Council
• Chairman	Mwalingo M. Kisemba
• Director	STEPHEN E. KATEMBA
Area
• Total	2,813 km2 (1,086 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	371,259
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
• Religions	Christianity
Time zone	EAT
Postcode	53xxx
Area code	025
Website	District Website

Last updated February 12, 2024

Mbeya Rural District is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbarali District and Chunya District, to the south by Mbeya Urban District and Rungwe District, to the east by Iringa Region and to the west by Mbozi District.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Mbeya Rural District had one constituency:^[3]

Mbeya Vijijini Constituency

Divisions

Wards

Mbeya Rural District is administratively divided into twenty-eight wards:

Notes

1 2 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania](PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ "Organisations located in Mbeya Region - Tanzania". African Development Information.

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[2016_census-1] 1 2 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania](PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[2012_census-2] 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[3] "Organisations located in Mbeya Region - Tanzania". African Development Information.

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