Sumbawanga Urban District is one of the four districts in the Rukwa Region of Tanzania . It is bordered to the north by Lake Rukwa , to the east by the Mbeya Region , to the south by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the west by the Nkasi District . The district (and regional) capital is Sumbawanga .
4-596: According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Sumbawanga Urban District was 209,793. The Sumbawanga Urban District is administratively divided into fifteen wards : 07°58′S 031°37′E / 7.967°S 31.617°E / -7.967; 31.617 This Rukwa 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
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
12-467: 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:
16-708: The Constitution of Tanzania . Tanzania 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
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