Wanging'ombe District

Wanging'ombe District
District
Wanging'ombe District

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 08°51′S 034°38′E / 8.850°S 34.633°ECoordinates: 08°51′S 034°38′E / 8.850°S 34.633°E
Country Tanzania
Region Njombe Region

Wanging'ombe District is one of the five districts of the Njombe Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Igwachanya.[1]

History

Wanging'ombe District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created out of part of the old Njombe District that had been in Iringa Region.[1]

Wards

As of 2012, Wanging'ombe District was administratively divided into sixteen wards:[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Staff (9 March 2012). "Tanzania: State Gazettes New Regions, Districts". Daily News (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania).
  2. "Postcodes Njombe Region 59000". Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012.