Iringa Rural District (''Wilaya ya Iringa Vijijini'') is one of the four districts of the

Iringa Region Iringa Region (''Mkoa wa Iringa'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 Regions of Tanzania, administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

, East Africa. It is bordered to the north by the

Dodoma Region Dodoma Region (''Mkoa wa Dodoma'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The regional capital is the city of Dodoma, which is also the capital of Tanzania. Dodoma region is located in c ...

, to the east by

Kilolo District Kilolo is one of the four districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and east by the Morogoro Region Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regio ...

and encircles Iringa Urban District, to the south by the Mufindi District, to the southwest by the

Mbeya Region Mbeya Region (''Mkoa wa Mbeya'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of G ...

and to the northwest by the

Singida Region Singida Region (''Mkoa wa Singida'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation sta ...

. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 265,811 people in the district, from 254,032 in 2012. By 2022, the population had grown to 315,354.

Wards

Iringa Rural District was administratively divided into twenty wards * Idodi * Ifunda * Ilolo Mpya * Itunundu * Izazi *

Kalenga Kalenga is an administrative ward in the Iringa Rural district of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics reported its population to be 7,286, up from 6,963 in 2012. Kalenga, which is situated along ...

* Kihorogota * Kiwere * Lumuli * Maboga * Mahuninga * Magulilwa * Malengamakali * Mgama * Mlowa * Mseke * Nduli * Nzihi * Ulanda * Wasa

References

Districts of Iringa Region {{iringa-geo-stub