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Nachingwea District

*Wilaya ya Nachingwea*
Nachingwea District Wilaya ya Nachingwea
District
	Nachingwea District of Lindi Region
Country	Tanzania
Zone	Coastal
Region	Lindi
Area
• Total	5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	233,655
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode	653xx

Nachingwea is a district in the Lindi Region of Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north by the Ruangwa District, to the east by the Lindi Rural District, to the south-east by the Mtwara Region, and to the south-west by the Ruvuma Region.

According to the 2022 national census, the Nachingwea District had a population of 233,655.^[1]^[2]

The district has a hospital, a teachers' training college, a secondary school, four primary schools, a nursery school, and a day care centre. Nachingwea Airport and an army barracks also are in the district. The district was one of the centres for the groundnut scheme in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]}^[3]^[4]

The Nachingwea Medal is named after this place.^{[citation needed]}