{{Short description|District in Iringa, Tanzania}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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'''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.{{r|2016_census|p=105}}{{r|2012_census|p=105}} By 2022, the population had grown to 315,354.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
==Wards==
Iringa Rural District was administratively divided into twenty wards{{r|Census_2002}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Idodi * Ifunda * Ilolo Mpya * Itunundu * Izazi * Kalenga * Kihorogota * Kiwere * Lumuli * Maboga * Mahuninga * Magulilwa * Malengamakali * Mgama * Mlowa * Mseke * Nduli * Nzihi * Ulanda * Wasa {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Census_2002">{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing General Report: Iringa: Rural|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/iringarural.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318023226/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/iringarural.htm|archivedate=18 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2016_census">{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="2012_census">{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Iringa_postcode">{{cite web |title=Iringa Postcodes |url=https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf |publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729090128/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Iringa%2051000_1622732723.pdf |archive-date=29 July 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
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{{Districts of Iringa}} {{Authority control}}
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Category:Districts of Iringa Region Category:Hehe people Category:Bena people Category:Kinga people
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