Iringa Rural District

Iringa District
Iringa District of Iringa Region
Country	Tanzania
Region	Iringa Region
District	Iringa Rural District
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	315,354
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode[1]	512xx

Iringa Rural District (Wilaya ya Iringa Vijijini) is one of the four districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Dodoma Region, to the east by Kilolo District and encircles Iringa Urban District, to the south by the Mufindi District, to the southwest by the Mbeya Region and to the northwest by the Singida Region.

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 265,811 people in the district, from 254,032 in 2012.[2]: 105 [3]: 105  By 2022, the population had grown to 315,354.[4]

Wards

Iringa Rural District was administratively divided into twenty wards[5]

• Idodi
• Ifunda
• Ilolo Mpya
• Itunundu
• Izazi
• Kalenga
• Kihorogota
• Kiwere
• Lumuli
• Maboga
• Mahuninga
• Magulilwa
• Malengamakali
• Mgama
• Mlowa
• Mseke
• Nduli
• Nzihi
• Ulanda
• Wasa

References

1. "Iringa Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
2. 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
3. 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
5. "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Iringa: Rural". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.

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