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Kalambo District
CountryTanzania
RegionRukwa Region

Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Matai.[1] The Kalambo River flows through the district and its mouth on Lake Tanganyika is about 15 km south of the town of Kasanga.[2]

Kalambo District Council was officially established on 23 December 2012 after it was split off from the Sumbawanga District Council.[3] Moshi Chang'a was the first District Commissioner,[4] who served until his death in a auto accident in April 2014.[5]

Economy

Most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming. The major cash crops are maize, sunflowers, beans, cassava and honey.[4] Some people are employed in artisanal mining and traditional fishing.[4] There are copper deposits at Kasanga and Kapapa.[6]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that is now Kalambo District had one constituency:[7]

  • Kalambo Constituency

Divisions

Kalambo District is administratively divided into divisions.

Wards

Kalambo District is administratively divided into seventeen wards:[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Staff (9 March 2012). "State Gazettes New Regions, Districts". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Briggs, Philip (2009). "Lake Tanganyika (Southern Shores)". Tanzania Travel News. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Staff (23 January 2014). "Collect levies, Chang'a tells Kalambo council officials". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c Siyame, Peti (3 July 2012). "Truance Irks Kalambo DC". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Bitekeye, Alex (23 April 2014). "Kikwete laments rising road accidents". The Citizen. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Staff (9 October 2013). "RUKWA region throws doors wide open for potential investors". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Tanzania Parliament". African Development Information. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Postcodes Rukwa Region 55000" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)