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Kilombero District

Field	Value
name	Kilombero District
image_skyline	Ifakara.Ferry.Kilombero-River.JPG
caption	Ferry crossing the Kilombero River
near Ifakara, Kilombero District
settlement_type	District
image_map	Kilombero District in Morogoro 2022.svg
map_caption	Kilombero District of Morogoro Region
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Tanzania
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Morogoro Region
population_as_of	2002
population_total	321,611
area_code	023
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
website

near Ifakara, Kilombero District

Farm employees in the Kilombero flood plain preparing rice seedlings for transplanting

Kilombero District is a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania.

The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero River in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kilombero River, in the south-east, the floodplain is part of Ulanga District. The district shares a portion of Udzungwa Mountains National Park with Kilolo District of Iringa.

According to the last census in 2002, the population of Kilombero District is 321,611 The main ethnic groups are Wapogoro, Wandamba, Wabena, and Wambunga and several others in small proportions.

The area is predominantly rural with the semi-urban district headquarters Ifakara as major settlement.

The majority of the villagers are subsistence farmers of maize and rice. There are large plantations of teak wood in the Kilombero and the neighbouring Ulanga districts. In the north-west of the district, Illovo Sugar Company's sugar-cane plantations occupy most of the low lying area.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Kilombrero District had one constituency:

Kilombrero Constituency

Divisions

Ifakara, Kidatu, Mang´ula, Mlimba, Mngeta.Malinyi, Mahenge.

Wards

Ching'anda	Kalengakelo	Kamwene

NGOs

MSABI – Safe Water for Better Health Ifakara – an NGO that focuses on water, sanitation, hygiene, and education
Eye Care Foundation
Friends of Kilombero
TFCG – works on natural forest management and related natural resources management in Tanzania Eastern Arc mountain blocks and coastal forests
Save Education and Future Development Foundation – promotes access of quality education in rural communities
Southern Tanzania Elephant Program - STEP is an elephant conservation program based in southern Tanzania. Believing in the importance of strong protected areas and the welfare of people living around their boundaries, STEP works with a range of partners towards long-term security for elephants, a critical keystone and umbrella species of the incredible ecosystems of Ruaha-Rungwa and Udzungwa-Selous.

References

{{GEOnet2. 32FA88194BE13774E0440003BA962ED3. Kilombero District (Approved), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
"2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Morogoro: Kilombero".
(1997). "Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile". The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro.
Corti, Graham, Fanning, Eibleis, Hinde, Roy, and Jenkins, Richard, 1999. A Conservation Assessment the Amphibian Communities of Miombo Woodland, Evergreen Forest and a Teak (I'ectona Grandis) Plantation in the Ulanga Valley, Tanzania (Technical Report 3). Frontier-Tanzania Savanna Research Programme, Dar es Salaaml
Hinde, R., Corti, G., Fanning, E., & Jenkins, R., 1999a, A conservation assessment of large mammal use of miombo woodland, evergreen forest and a teak plantation in the Ulanga Valley, Tanzania, Frontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme, Technical Report No. 2., unpublished, Frontier Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Jenkins R., Roettcher, K, Corti, G & Fanning, E, 2000a, Large mammals and teak plantations in the Ulanga Valley, Annual Report, unpublished, Frontier Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
"Organisations located in Kilombrero District - Tanzania". African Development Information.

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