Rufiji District


Rufiji is one of the six districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Kisarawe and Mkuranga Districts, to the east by the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Lindi Region and to the eest by the Morogoro Region.
The district name comes from the Rufiji River which runs through the district.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Rufiji District was 203,102.

Wards

The Rufiji District is administratively divided into 19 wards:
  1. Bungu
  2. Chumbi
  3. Ikwiriri
  4. Kibiti
  5. Kiongoroni
  6. Mahege
  7. Maparoni
  8. Mbuchi
  9. Mbwara
  10. Mchukwi
  11. Mgomba
  12. Mkongo
  13. Mtunda
  14. Mwaseni
  15. Ngorongo
  16. Ruaruke
  17. Salale
  18. Umwe
  19. Utete
  20. Kilimani
  21. Kipugila
  22. Ngolongo