Nachingwea District

Nachingwea is a district in the Lindi Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north by the Ruangwa District, to the east by the Lindi Rural District, to the south-east by the Mtwara Region, and to the south-west by the Ruvuma Region.

Nachingwea District

Wilaya ya Nachingwea
District
Location in Tanzania (dark green)
CountryTanzania
ZoneCoastal
RegionLindi
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode
653xx

According to the 2002 national census, the Nachingwea District had a population of 162,081.[1]

The district has a hospital, a teacher's training college, a secondary school, four primary schools, a nursery school, and a day care centre. Nachingwea Airport and an army barracks also are in the district. The district was one of the centres for the groundnut scheme in the 1950s.[2][3]

The Nachingwea Medal is named after this place.

Twinnings

The Anglican Parish of St. Andrew is linked with St. Andrew's Church, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom.

Wards

The district is divided administratively into the following 32 wards:

  1. Chiola
  2. Kiegei
  3. Kilima Rondo
  4. Kilimani Hewa
  5. Kipara Mnero
  6. Kipara Mtua
  7. Lionja
  8. Marambo
  9. Matekwe
  10. Mbondo
  11. Mchonda
  12. Mibondo
  13. Mkoka
  14. Mkotokuyana
  15. Mnero
  16. Mnero Ngongo
  17. Mpiruka
  18. Mtua
  19. Nachingwea
  20. Naipanga
  21. Naipingo
  22. Namapwia
  23. Namatula
  24. Nambambo
  25. Namikango
  26. Nangowe
  27. Nang'ondo
  28. Nditi
  29. Ndomoni
  30. Ngunichile
  31. Ruponda
  32. Stesheni

References
  1. "Nachingwea District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census". Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2006.
  2. http://www.lands.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1567769286-LINDI%20MASTER%20PLAN.pdf
  3. http://nachingweadc.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5b6/c1e/b04/5b6c1eb042b3b841969232.pdf


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