Kalambo District

Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Matai.^[1] The Kalambo River flows through the district and its mouth on Lake Tanganyika is about 15 km south of the town of Kasanga.^[2]

Kalambo District
District
Location Rukwa Region.
Coordinates: 08°18′S 031°31′E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Rukwa Region
Area
• Total	5,569 km2 (2,150 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	316,783
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Kalambo District Council was officially established on 23 December 2012 after it was split off from the Sumbawanga District Council.^[3] Moshi Chang'a was the first District Commissioner,^[4] who served until his death in an auto accident in April 2014.^[5]

According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 316,783 in 2022.^[6]

Economy

Most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming. The major cash crops are maize, sunflowers, beans, cassava and honey.^[4] Some people are employed in artisanal mining and traditional fishing.^[4] There are copper deposits at Kasanga and Kapapa.^[7]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that is now Kalambo District had one constituency:^[8]

• Kalambo Constituency

Divisions

Kalambo District is administratively divided into 5 divisions. 1. Matai 2. Mwazye 3. Mwimbi 4. Kasanga 5. Mambwe Nkoswe

Wards

Kalambo District is administratively divided into 23 wards:^[9] 1. Kasanga 2. Katazi 3. Katete 4. Kisumba 5. Legeza Mwendo 6. Mambwe Kenya 7. Mambwe Nkoswe 8. Matai 9. Mkali 10 Mkowe 11. Msanzi 12. Mwazye 13. Mwimbi 14. Sopa 15. Ulumi 16. Sundu 17. Mbuluma 18. Lyowa 19. Samazi 20. Kilesha 21. Mnamba 22. Kanyezi 23. Mpombwe

Notes

1. Staff (9 March 2012). "State Gazettes New Regions, Districts". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
2. Briggs, Philip (2009). "Lake Tanganyika (Southern Shores)". Tanzania Travel News. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
3. Staff (23 January 2014). "Collect levies, Chang'a tells Kalambo council officials". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
4. Siyame, Peti (3 July 2012). "Truance Irks Kalambo DC". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
5. Bitekeye, Alex (23 April 2014). "Kikwete laments rising road accidents". The Citizen. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
6. "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
7. Staff (9 October 2013). "RUKWA region throws doors wide open for potential investors". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
8. "Tanzania Parliament". African Development Information. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.
9. "Postcodes Rukwa Region 55000" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012.