Mbozi District

Mbozi District[1] is a district in Songwe Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Chunya District, to the east by Mbeya Urban and Ileje Districts, to the south by Zambia and to the west by Rukwa Region.[2]

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mbozi District was 515,270.[3] The district has an area of 967,900 hectares (2,391,733 acres).[2]

The District Commissioner of Mbozi District is D.I. Rwegasira.[4]

Administrative subdivisions

Mbozi District is administratively divided into six divisions, twenty-five wards (no longer including Tunduma, which now has its own town council) and 175 villages.[2] The wards are:[3]

Notes
  1. Mbozi District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. "Overview - (Mbozi District Council)".
  3. "2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Mbeya: Mbozi". Archived from the original on 20 March 2004.
  4. "Tanzanian Government Directory Database". Archived from the original on January 25, 2006.

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