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Rufiji is one of the six districts of the
Pwani Region Pwani Region (''Mkoa wa Pwani'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The word "''Pwani''" in Swahili means the "''coast''". The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. The Region borders the Tanga Region to the north, ...
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 an ...
. It is bordered to the north by the Kisarawe and Mkuranga Districts, to the east by the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...
, to the south by the
Kilwa District Kilwa District (''Wilaya ya Kilwa'' in Swahili) is one of six administrative districts of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of the nation state of East Timor. Kilwa di ...
,
Lindi Region Lindi Region (''Mkoa wa Lindi'' 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 Sri Lanka. The regional capital is the m ...
and to the west by 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 ...
. The district name comes from the Rufiji River which runs through the district. The main ethnic groups that originate from the district are the Matumbi and Rufiji people. In the north is home to the Ndengereko people and on the delta are the Nyagatwa People. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Rufiji District was 203,102.Rufiji District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
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Wards

The Rufiji District is administratively divided into 19 wards: # Bungu # Chumbi # Ikwiriri # Kibiti # Kiongoroni # Mahege # Maparoni # Mbuchi # Mbwara # Mchukwi # Mgomba # Mkongo # Mtunda # Mwaseni # Ngorongo # Ruaruke # Salale # Umwe # Utete # Kilimani # Kipugila # Ngorongo


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Rufiji Leprosy Trust
{{Coord, -7.9575, 38.7266, display=title Districts of Pwani Region