Mbinga District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 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 Nyasa. The district is partly home to the Liparamba Game Reserve.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mbinga District was 404,799. Mbinga District covers an area of 11,396 square kilometres, about 18 percent of the land area of the Ruvuma Region and about 1% of the land mass of Tanzania.
Wards
The Mbinga District is administratively divided into 37 wards:
Chiwanda Kigonsera Kihagara Kihangi Mahuka KilimaniThe English meaning of the word "kilimani" is on the hill. Kilosa Kingerikiti Kitura Langiro Liparamba Lipingo Linda Litembo Lituhi Litumbandyosi LiuliIn Liuli ward the lakeshore settlement of Liuli was the site of the first naval action of World War I. It was also the mission centre of Ruvuma during the time of William Percival Johnson. Maguu Matiri Mbaha Mbamba BayMbamba Bay is the starting point of the ferry to Itungu in the north. Mbangamao Mbinga Urban Mbuji Mikalanga Mkumbi Mpapa Mpepai Mtipwili Myangayanga Ndongosi Ngima Ngumbo Nyoni Ruanda Tingi Ukata Utiri Kilindi Mapera
Notable people Oscar Kambona, former minister of formal affairs
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