Mbulu is one of the 5 districts of the Manyara Region

Manyara Region

Manyara is one of the 26 Regions of Tanzania. Babati serves as the Region's capital. In its northern part is Lake Manyara. It is bordered to the north by the Arusha Region, to the northeast by the Kilimanjaro Region, to the east by the Tanga Region, to the south by the Dodoma Region, to the...

 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 North by the Arusha Region

Arusha Region

Arusha is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital and largest city is Arusha. Other towns include Monduli, just west of Arusha, Longido and Loliondo to the north, Mto Wa Mbu and Karatu to the west and Usa River to the east...

 and Lake Eyasi

Lake Eyasi

Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania...

, to the East by the Babati Region

Babati

Babati is a small city and district of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. The administrative capital of the district 'Babati Town' is located also administrative capital of the newly formed Manyara Region, 172 km south of Arusha. The District is the capital of Manyara Region...

, to the South by the Hanang District

Hanang

Hanang is one of the five districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbulu and Babati Districts, to the Southeast by the Dodoma Region and to the Southwest by the Singida Region....

 and to the West by the Singida Region.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mbulu District was 237,882.http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/mbulu.htm

The District Commissioner of the Mbulu District is Gabriel Songay.http://www.tanzania.go.tz/govdirf.html

Wards

The Mbulu District is administratively divided into 16 wards:

• Bargish
• Bashay
• Daudi
• Dongobesh
• Gehandu
• Haydom
• Kainam
• Maghang
• Maretadu
• Masieda
• Mbulu Mjini
• Murray
• Sanu
• Tlawi
• Tumati
• Yaeda Chini

The district headquarters at Mbulu is said to have started in 1905.

Sources

• Mbulu District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
• Tanzanian Government Directory Database