Ulanga District

Ulanga District^[1] (Mahenge District^[2]) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. the administrative seat is in Mahenge. It covers 24,460 square kilometres (9,444 sq mi) of which 4,927 square kilometres (1,902 sq mi) is in forest reserves.^[3] Ulanga District is bordered to the north and west by the Kilombero District, to the east by the Lindi Region and to the south by the Ruvuma Region.

Ulanga District Mahenge District
District
Ulanga District of Morogoro Region
Coordinates: 09°00′S 036°40′E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Morogoro Region
Area
• Total	15,751 km2 (6,081 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	232,895
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)

Demographics

As of 2022^[update], the population of the Ulanga District was 232,895.^[4][5] The Wapogoro are the majority ethnic group in Ulanga District.^[3]

Economy

Most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming, although there is some traditional fishing. Some mining is done in Lukande Ward.^[3]

Roads are poor. There is one gravelled airstrip located in the Selous Game Reserve.^[3]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 elections Ulanga District had one constituency:^[6]

• Ulanga Mashariki Constituency (Ulanga East Constituency)

Divisions

Ulanga District is administratively divided into four divisions.^[3]

• Lupiro
• Vigoi
• Ruaha
• Mwaya

Wards

Ulanga District is administratively divided into twenty-one wards:^[7]

• Chirombola
• Euga
• Ilonga
• Iragua
• Isongo
• Ketaketa
• Kichangani
• Lukande
• Lupiro
• Mahenge
• Mawasiliano
• Mbuga
• Milola
• Minepa
• Msogezi
• Mwaya
• Nawenge
• Ruaha
• Sali
• Uponera
• Vigoi

Notes

1. Ulanga District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2. Mahenge District (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
3. "Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile" (pdf). The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro. 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2004.
4. "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
5. "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Ulanga". Archived from the original on 20 March 2004.
6. "Organisations located in Ulanga District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
7. "Postcodes Morogoro Region 67000" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-02.