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Kalambo District

Kalambo District
District
Location Rukwa Region.
Location Rukwa Region.
Coordinates: 08°18′S 031°31′E / 8.300°S 31.517°E / -8.300; 31.517
Country Tanzania
RegionRukwa Region
Area
 • Total5,569 km2 (2,150 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total316,783
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Matai.[1] The Kalambo River flows through the district and its mouth on Lake Tanganyika is about 15 km south of the town of Kasanga.[2]

Kalambo District Council was officially established on 23 December 2012 after it was split off from the Sumbawanga District Council.[3] Moshi Chang'a was the first District Commissioner,[4] who served until his death in an auto accident in April 2014.[5]

According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 316,783 in 2022.[6]

  1. ^ Staff (9 March 2012). "State Gazettes New Regions, Districts". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ Briggs, Philip (2009). "Lake Tanganyika (Southern Shores)". Tanzania Travel News. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ Staff (23 January 2014). "Collect levies, Chang'a tells Kalambo council officials". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ Siyame, Peti (3 July 2012). "Truance Irks Kalambo DC". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ Bitekeye, Alex (23 April 2014). "Kikwete laments rising road accidents". The Citizen. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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