Njombe Urban District
| Njombe Urban District | |
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 Njombe Urban District
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| Coordinates: 09°20′S 034°46′E / 9.333°S 34.767°ECoordinates: 09°20′S 034°46′E / 9.333°S 34.767°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Region | Njombe Region |
Njombe Urban District is one of the six districts of the Njombe Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat for the district is in the city of Njombe.
Njombe Urban District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created out of the south-eastern part of the old Njombe District that had been in Iringa Region. Western Njombe District became Wanging'ombe District, and the northern part became Njombe Rural District.
Outside of the 50,000 people city of Njombe, most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming.
Roads are poor.and is not proper in heavy vehicle/truck.
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that became Njombe Urban District had one constituency:
Njombe Urban District is administratively divided into divisions.
As of 2012, Njombe Urban District was administratively divided into fourteen wards:
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