Lindi Urban is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region

Lindi Region

Lindi is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is also called Lindi.The Lindi region borders on Pwani, Morogoro, Ruvuma, and Mtwara. Much of the western part of the region is in the Selous Game Reserve....

 of Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

. It is bordered to the East by the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 and surrounded to the North, West, and South by the Lindi Rural District

Lindi Rural

Lindi Rural is one of the six districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Mtwara Region, to the West by the Nachingwea District, and to the East by the Indian Ocean and the Lindi Urban District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...

. The district (and regional) capitol is Lindi

Lindi

Lindi is a coastal town located at the far end of the Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one...

.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lindi Urban District was 41,549.

In 2010, Lindi Urban elected Salum Khalfani Bar'wan of the Civic United Front

Civic United Front

The Civic United Front is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally-based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba...

 to the National Assembly of Tanzania

National Assembly of Tanzania

The National Assembly of Tanzania and the President of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Hon. Anna Makinda, who presides over an assembly of 357 members.- History :...

. Bar'wan is the first person with albinism

Albinism

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elected to Tanzania's National Assembly.

Wards

The Lindi Urban District is administratively divided into 13 wards:

• Jamhuri (English meaning: Republic)
• Makonde
• Matopeni
• Mikumbe
• Mitande
• Msinjahili
• Mtanda
• Mwenge (English meaning: torch)
• Nachingwea
• Ndoro
• Rahaleo
• Rasbura
• Wireless