{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Mbozi |settlement_type = District <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_map = Mbozi 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 |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = <ref name="2019 Investment guide">{{cite web |title=Songwe Region Investment Guide |url=https://www.songwe.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5e3/a61/249/5e3a612499563950020443.pdf |publisher=The United Republic of Tanzania President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=English |date=2019}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 3404 <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2022 |population_total = 510599<ref name="2022 Census">{{cite web |title=Administrative Units Population Distribution Report Tanzania Mainland Volume 1B |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/Census2022/Administrative_units_Population_Distribution_Report_Tanzania_Mainland_volume1b.pdf |website=Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics |access-date=27 October 2023 |pages=227-8 |language=English |date=December 2022}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = auto }} '''Mbozi District'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA88193BBE3774E0440003BA962ED3| Mbozi District (Approved)}}. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> is a district in Songwe Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Songwe District and Chunya District of the Mbeya Region, to the east by Mbeya Rural District of the Mbeya Region, to the south by the Ileje District and to the west by Momba District.<ref name="Overview">{{Cite web|title=Overview - (Mbozi District Council)|url=http://www.mbeya.go.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148&Itemid=162}}</ref><ref name=mwakyusa>{{cite news |last=Mwakyusa |first=Alvar |url=http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/46650-songwe-is-new-region-with-four-districts |title=Songwe is new region - with four districts |date=4 February 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205094519/http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/46650-songwe-is-new-region-with-four-districts |archivedate= 5 February 2016 |newspaper=Daily News |accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref>
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mbozi District was 515,270.<ref name="Census-2002-Mbozi">{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Mbeya: Mbozi|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/mbozi.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040320093915/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/mbozi.htm|archivedate=20 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> The district had an area of {{Convert|967900|ha|acre|0}}.<ref name="Overview" /> The district was restructured in 2016.<ref name=mwakyusa/>
The District Commissioner of Mbozi District is D.I. Rwegasira.<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/20060125020114/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/govdirf.html |archivedate=January 25, 2006 }}</ref>
==Administrative subdivisions==
As of 2016, Mbozi District is administratively divided into twenty-nine wards.<ref name=mwakyusa/><ref name="2022 Census">{{cite web |title=Administrative Units Population Distribution Report Tanzania Mainland Volume 1B |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/Census2022/Administrative_units_Population_Distribution_Report_Tanzania_Mainland_volume1b.pdf |website=Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics |access-date=27 October 2023 |pages=227-8 |language=English |date=December 2022}}</ref> The wards are: {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Bara * Halungu * Hasamba * Hasanga * Hezya * Ichenjezya * Idiwili * Igamba * Ihanda * Ilolo * Ipunga * Isalalo * Isansa * Itaka * Itumpi * Iyula * Kilimampimbi * Magamba * Mahenje * Mlangali * Mlowo * Msia * Nambinzo * Nanyala * Nyimbili * Ruanda * Shiwinga * Ukwile * Vwawa {{div col end}}
Mbozi District was administratively divided into six divisions, twenty-five wards (no longer including Tunduma, which now has its own town council) and 175 villages.<ref name="Overview" /> The wards were:<ref name="Census-2002-Mbozi" /> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Chilulumo * Chitete * Chiwezi * Halungu * Igamba * Ihanda * Isandula * Isansa * Itaka * Ivuna * Iyula * Kamsamba * Kapele * Mlangali * Mlowo * Msangano * Msia * Myovizi * Myunga * Nambinzo * Ndalambo * Nkangamo * Nyimbili * Ruanda (Mbozi) * Vwawa {{div col end}}
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==References== * {{Cite web|url=http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/Mboziprf.pdf|title=Mbozi District Socio-Economic Profile|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926212313/http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/Mboziprf.pdf|archivedate=26 September 2006|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Districts of Songwe Region
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