10°27′59″S 36°07′48″E / 10.466417°S 36.130085°E / -10.466417; 36.130085 Namtumbo District is one of the five districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania . It is bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region , to the east by the Tunduru District , to the south by Mozambique and to the west by the Songea Urban District and Songea Rural District .
4-529: As of 2022, the population of the Namtumbo District was 271,368. The Namtumbo District is administratively divided into 21 wards : This Ruvuma Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Administrative divisions of Tanzania#Wards The administrative divisions of Tanzania are controlled by Part I, Article 2.2 of the Constitution of Tanzania . Tanzania
8-427: A District Council . And there are three types of urban districts: Town Council , Municipal Council and City Council . A division is an administrative organization for several wards. A village is the lowest government administrative structure at the community level. In an urban area, a cluster (mtaa) can include a number of streets. A ward (kata) is an administrative structure for one single town or portion of
12-612: Is divided into thirty-one regions ( mkoa in Swahili ). Each region is subdivided into districts ( wilaya in Swahili). The districts are sub-divided into divisions ( tarafa in Swahili) and further into local wards ( kata in Swahili). Wards are further subdivided for management purposes: for urban wards into streets ( mtaa in Swahili) and for rural wards into villages ( kijiji in Swahili). The villages may be further subdivided into hamlets ( kitongoji in Swahili). In 1922 under
16-467: The British Tanganyika was divided into twenty-two regions, known as "divisions": Arusha, Bagamoyo, Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kilwa, Kondoa-Irangi, Lindi, Mahenge, Morogoro, Moshi, Mwanza, Pangani, Rufiji, Rungwe, Songea, Tabora, Tanga, Ufipa, Ujiji, and Usambara. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, Tanzania was divided into 169 districts. There is one type of rural district:
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