{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Ileje |settlement_type = District <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_map = Ileje District in Songwe.svg |map_caption = location in Songwe Region <!-- Location ------------------> |coordinates = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Songwe Region <!-- Population -----------------------> |area_total_km2 = 1,880 |population_as_of = 2022 |population_total = 125,869 | population_density_km2 = auto }} '''Ileje District'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA881954A83774E0440003BA962ED3|Ileje District (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> is a district in Songwe Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mbeya Urban and Rungwe districts, to the east by Kyela District, to the northwest by Mbozi District and to the south by Zambia and Malawi.

{{As of|2022}}, the population of Ileje District was 125,869.<ref name="Census-2021-Ileje">{{Cite web|title=2021 Population and Housing Census General Report: Mbeya: Ileje|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/ileje.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318054624/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/ileje.htm|archivedate=18 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The District Commissioner of Ileje District is Farida Mgomi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanzanian Government Directory Database |url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/govdirf.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003123910/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/govdirf.html |archivedate=2006-10-03 }}</ref>

==Wards==

Ileje District is administratively divided into 16 wards:<ref name="Census-2002-Ileje">{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Mbeya: Ileje|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/ileje.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318054624/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/ileje.htm|archivedate=18 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Bupigu * Chitete * Ibaba * Ikinga * Isongole * Itale * Itumba * Kafule * Lubanda * Luswisi * Malangali * Mbebe * Ndola * Ngulilo * Ngulugulu * Sange {{div col end}}

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Category:Districts of Songwe Region

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