Songea Urban District is one of the five
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
in the
Ruvuma Region
Ruvuma Region (''Mkoa wa Ruvuma'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of , comparable in size to the nation state of Latvia. The region is also bordered ...
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 ...
. It is bordered to the north by the
Songea Rural District, to the east by the
Namtumbo District, to the south by
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
and to the west by the
Mbinga District
Mbinga District is one of the five districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Njombe Region, to the east by Songea Rural District and Songea Urban District, to the south by Mozambique and to the west by Lake ...
.
According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Songea Urban District was 286,285.
Wards
The Songea Urban District is administratively divided into 21 wards:
* Bombambili
* Lizaboni
* Majengo
* Matarawe
* Mateka
* Matogoro
* Mfaranyaki
* Misufini
* Mletele
* Mshangano
* Ruhuwiko
* Ruvuma
* Songea Mjini
* Subira
* Tanga
* Mwengemshindo
* Lilambo
* Seedfarm
* Ndilimalitembo
* Msamala
* Mjimwema
References
Sources
Songea Urban District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
Districts of Ruvuma Region
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