Ruvuma Region

Ruvuma Region Mkoa wa Ruvuma (Swahili)
Region
Ponds in Songea
Location in Tanzania
Country	Tanzania
Zone	Southern Highlands
Capital	Songea
Area
• Total	63,669 km² (24,583 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,376,891
• Density	22/km² (56/sq mi)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Postcode	57xxx
Area code(s)	025
Website	ruvuma.go.tz

Ruvuma Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,376,891, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,449,830.^[1]^{:page 2} For 2002-2012, the region's 2.1 percent average annual population growth rate was the twentieth highest in the country.^[1]^{:page 4} It was also the 28th most densely populated region with 22 people per square kilometer.^[1]^{:page 6}

The region is named after the Ruvuma River, which forms most of its southern boundary with Portuguese-speaking Mozambique (where it is known as «Rovuma»). The region is also bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the northeast by the Lindi Region, to the east by the Mtwara Region, and to the northwest by the Iringa Region. Ruvuma has many different tribes, such as the Mpoto.

The regional commissioner of the Ruvuma Region is Said Thabit Mwambungu.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Districts

The region is administratively divided into five districts:

Districts of Ruvuma Region
Map	District	Population (2012)
	Mbinga	353,683
	Namtumbo	201,639
	Nyasa	146,160
	Songea	377,130
	Tunduru	298,279
	Total	1,376,891

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections, the Ruvuma Region had six constituencies:^[3]

Mbinga Magharibi Constituency
Mbinga Mashariki Constituency
Namtumbo Constituency
Peramiho Constituency
Songea Mjini Constituency
Tunduru Constituency

References

1 2 3 Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013
↑ Kitabu cha Mawasiliano Serikalini, Tanzania Government Directory, 2012, page 188
↑ "Organisations located in Ruvuma Region - Tanzania". African Development Information.

Coordinates: 11°00′S 36°00′E / 11.000°S 36.000°E / -11.000; 36.000

Regions of Tanzania

Mainland	Arusha Dar es Salaam Dodoma Geita Iringa Kagera Katavi Kigoma Kilimanjaro Lindi Manyara Mara Mbeya Morogoro Mtwara Mwanza Njombe Pwani Rukwa Ruvuma Shinyanga Simiyu Singida Tabora Tanga

Zanzibar	Mjini Magharibi Pemba North Pemba South Unguja North Unguja South

Districts of Ruvuma Region, Tanzania

Mbinga Namtumbo Nyasa Songea Tunduru

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