{{Short description|District of Tanga Region, Tanzania}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Kilindi |native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Wilaya ya Kilindi}} |official_name = Wilaya ya Kilindi, Mkoa wa Tanga |nickname = The royal crown of Tanga |settlement_type = District |named_for = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |caption = |image_map = Kilindi District in Tanga 2022.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Kilindi District in Tanga Region 2022 |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |coordinates = {{coord|5|33|54.72|S|37|33|12.6|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tanga Region |established_title = District |established_date = 2002 |seat_type = Capital |seat = Songe |area_total_km2 = 6,444 |area_rank = 2/11 <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_demonym = Kilindian |population_as_of = 2022 |population_total = 398,391 |population_density_km2 = auto |demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups |demographics1_title1 = Settler |demographics1_info1 = Swahili |demographics1_title2 = Native |demographics1_info2 = Nguu & Zigua }}
'''Kilindi''' is one of eleven administrative districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of {{cvt|6,444|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Zone(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> It is bordered to the east by the Handeni District and Handeni Town Council, to the south west by the Kiteto District and north west by the Simanjiro District of Manyara Region. Kilindi District is bordered to the south by Gairo District and Kilosa District of Morogoro Region. The district created from Handeni District in 2002. The district seat (capital) is the town of Songe. The district is home to Nguu Mountains. According to the 2022 census, the district has a total population of 398,391.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of Tanzania|access-date=2022-06-02|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013347/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilindi (District, Tanzania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/tanga/0407__kilindi/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
== Etymology and history == {{Main|Shambaa Kingdom}} The Sambaa and Ngulu were the first inhabitants of the Kilindi district. Based in Vugha, who established the Shambaa Kingdom between the 18th and 20th centuries. Kilindi district is named after the Kilindi Dynasty that ruled over western Tanga in the 18-20th century. <ref>Roberts, Andrew, and Beverley Brock. Tanzania Before 1900 Published for the Historical Association of Tanzania by the East African Pub. House, 1968.</ref>
==Administrative subdivisions== As of 2012, Kilindi District was administratively divided into 21 wards.<ref name="2012 Census">{{cite web |title=2012 Population and Housing Census |url=http://www.tzdpg.or.tz/fileadmin/documents/dpg_internal/dpg_working_groups_clusters/cluster_2/water/WSDP/Background_information/2012_Census_General_Report.pdf |website=Development Partners Group Tanzania |accessdate=7 August 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329025621/http://www.tzdpg.or.tz/fileadmin/documents/dpg_internal/dpg_working_groups_clusters/cluster_2/water/WSDP/Background_information/2012_Census_General_Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Wards=== {{columns-list|colwidth=10em| # Jaila # Kibirashi # Kikunde # Kilindi # Kilwa # Kimbe # Kisangasa # Kwediboma # Kwekivu # Lwande # Mabalanga # Masagalu # Mkindi # Msanja # Mafisa # Bokwa # Negero # Pagwi # Saunyi # Songe # Tunguli }}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Kilindi District}} {{Districts of Tanga}} {{Tanga}}
Category:Districts of Tanga Region {{TangaTZ-geo-stub}}