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Ulanga District

Field	Value
name	Ulanga District
other_name	Mahenge District
settlement_type	District
image_map	Ulanga District in Morogoro 2022.svg
map_caption	Ulanga District of Morogoro Region
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Tanzania
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Morogoro Region
area_total_km2	15,751
population_as_of	2022
population_total	232,895
population_density_km2	auto
postal_code_type

Ulanga District (Mahenge District) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. the administrative seat is in Mahenge. It covers 24460 sqkm of which 4927 sqkm is in forest reserves. Ulanga District is bordered to the north and west by the Kilombero District, to the east by the Lindi Region and to the south by the Ruvuma Region.

Demographics

, the population of the Ulanga District was 232,895. The Wapogoro are the majority ethnic group in Ulanga District.

Economy

Most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming, although there is some traditional fishing. Some mining is done in Lukande Ward.

Roads are poor. There is one gravelled airstrip located in the Selous Game Reserve.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 elections Ulanga District had one constituency:

Ulanga Mashariki Constituency (Ulanga East Constituency)

Divisions

Ulanga District is administratively divided into four divisions.

Lupiro
Vigoi
Ruaha
Mwaya

Wards

Ulanga District is administratively divided into twenty-one wards:

Chirombola
Euga
Ilonga
Iragua
Isongo
Ketaketa
Kichangani
Lukande
Lupiro
Mahenge
Mawasiliano
Mbuga
Milola
Minepa
Msogezi
Mwaya
Nawenge
Ruaha
Sali
Uponera
Vigoi

Notes

References

{{GEOnet2. 32FA8819208B3774E0440003BA962ED3. Ulanga District (Approved), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
{{GEOnet2. 32FA8819208C3774E0440003BA962ED3. Mahenge District (Variant), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
(1997). "Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile". The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro.
"Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
"2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Ulanga".
"Organisations located in Ulanga District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
(2012). "Postcodes Morogoro Region 67000".

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