Mufindi District

Mufindi District[1] is one of the four districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kilolo District and Iringa Urban District, to the south by the Njombe Region, to the east by the Morogoro Region and to the west by the Singida Region.

Mufindi
District
CountryTanzania
RegionIringa
Population
 • Total283,032
Websitewww.mufindidc.go.tz
Location of Mufindi District

As of 2002, the population of the Mufindi District was 283,032.[2]

Geography

Mufindi is mountainous, with one of the coolest and rainiest climates in Tanzania. Among many, the district is known for its tea and timber industries.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 general elections, Mufindi District had three constituencies:[3] Mufindi North constituency, Mufindi South constituency, and Mafinga constituency.

  • Mufindi Constituency

Divisions

Mufindi district is divided into 5 divisions, these are Ifwagi, Sadani, Kibengu, Mapanda, and Malangali

Wards

As of 2002, Mufindi District was administratively divided into twenty-eight wards:[2]

  • Bumilayinga
  • Ifunda
  • Ifwagi
  • Igombavanu
  • Igowole
  • Ihalimba
  • Ihanu
  • Ihowanza
  • Ikweha
  • Isalavanu
  • Itandula
  • Kasanga
  • Kibengu
  • Kiyowela
  • Luhunga
  • Mafinga
  • Makungu
  • Malangali
  • Mapanda
  • Mbalamaziwa
  • Mdabulo
  • Mninga
  • Mpanga TAZARA
  • Mtambula
  • Mtwango
  • Nyololo
  • Rungemba
  • Sadani
  • Tea fields, Maganga Tea Estates
  • Picking tea. Mufindi tea farm
  • Ikwega mission
  • Catholic parish church, Iringa, Mufindi

Notes
  1. Mufindi District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Iringa: Mufundi". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
  3. "Organisations located in Iringa Region Tanzania". African Development Information.


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