Mpanda
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Mpanda is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the Nortwest by the Kigoma Region, to the Northeast by the Tabora Region, to the East by the Mbeya Region, to the Southeast by the Sumbawanga Urban District, to the Southwest by the Nkansi District and to the West (for a small portion) by Lake Tanganyika.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mpanda District was 412,683.
[edit] Wards
The Mpanda District is administratively divided into 30 wards:
- Ikola
- Ilela
- Ilembo
- Ilunde
- Inyonga
- Kabungu
- Karema
- Kashaulili
- Kasokola
- Katuma
- Katumba
- Kawajense
- Kibaoni
- Machimboni
- Magamba
- Mbede
- Mamba
- Mishamo
- Misunkumilo
- Mpanda Ndogo
- Mtapenda
- Mwese
- Nsemulwa
- Nsimbo
- Shanwe
- Sitalike
- Ugalla
- Urwira
- Usevya
- Utende
[edit] Transport
Mpanda is terminus of a branch line of Tanzanian Railways from Kaliua opened in 1949.
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