Mpanda is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region

Rukwa Region

Rukwa is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Sumbawanga serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the north by Kigoma and Tabora Regions, to the east by Mbeya Region, to the south by Zambia and to the west by Lake Tanganyika which forms a border between the region and the Democratic...

 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 Northwest by the Kigoma Region

Kigoma Region

Kigoma is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Kigoma. It is bordered to the North by the Kagera Region, to the East by the Shinyanga and Tabora Regions, to the South by the Rukwa Region, to the West by Lake Tanganyika which forms a border with the Democratic...

, to the Northeast by the Tabora Region

Tabora Region

Tabora Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Tabora town. Tabora region is famous for its distinguishable honey and timber activities....

, to the East by the Mbeya Region

Mbeya Region

Mbeya is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Mbeya. It is bordered to the northwest by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the East by Iringa Region, to the South by Zambia and Malawi and to the West by Rukwa Region...

, to the Southeast by the Sumbawanga Urban District

Sumbawanga Urban

Sumbawanga Urban is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Lake Rukwa, to the East by the Mbeya Region, to the South by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the west by the Nkansi District...

, to the Southwest by the Nkansi District

Nkansi

Nkansi is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mpanda District, to the East by the Sumbawanga Urban District, to the South by the Sumbawanga Rural District and to the West by Lake Tanganyika....

 and to the West (for a small portion) by Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...

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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mpanda District was 412,683.

Wards

The Mpanda District is administratively divided into 30 wards:

• Ikola
• Ilela
• Ilembo
• Ilunde
• Inyonga
• Kabungu
• Karema
• Kashaulili
• Kasokola
• Katuma
• Katumba
• Kawajense
• Kibaoni
• Machimboni
• Magamba
• Mbede
• Mamba
• Mishamo
• Misunkumilo
• Mpanda Ndogo
• Mtapenda
• Mwese
• Nsemulwa
• Nsimbo
• Shanwe
• Sitalike
• Ugalla
• Urwira
• Usevya
• Utende

Transport

Mpanda is terminus of a branch line of Tanzanian Railways from Kaliua

Kaliua

- Transport :It lies on the Central Railway of Tanzania, at the junction of a branch line opened in 1949 to Mpanda....

opened in 1949.