Rufiji is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region

Pwani Region

Pwani is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Kibaha serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam and the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Lindi Region and to the West by the Morogoro Region...

 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 Kisarawe

Kisarawe

Kisarawe is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kibaha District, to the East by the Mkuranga District, to the South by the Rufiji District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....

 and Mkuranga

Mkuranga

Mkuranga is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Dar-es-Salaam, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Rufiji District, and to the East by the Kisarawe District....

 Districts, to the East by the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

, to the South by 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....

 and to the West by the Morogoro Region

Morogoro Region

Morogoro Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Morogoro. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Pwani and Lindi Regions, to the South by the Ruvuma Region and to the West by the Iringa and Dodoma Regions....

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The district name comes from the Rufiji River

Rufiji River

The Rufiji River lies entirely within the African nation of Tanzania. The river is formed by the convergence of the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers. It is approximately 600 km long, with its source in southwestern Tanzania and its mouth on the Indian Ocean at a point between Mafia Island called Mafia...

which runs through the district.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Rufiji District was 203,102. http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/rufiji.htm

Wards

The Rufiji District is administratively divided into 19 wards:

• Bungu
• Chumbi
• Ikwiriri
• Kibiti
• Kiongoroni
• Mahege
• Maparoni
• Mbuchi
• Mbwara
• Mchukwi
• Mgomba
• Mkongo
• Mtunda
• Mwaseni
• Ngorongo
• Ruaruke
• Salale
• Umwe
• Utete

Sources

• Rufiji District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census

External links

• Rufiji Leprosy Trust