Lindi

Lindi
Lindi
Municipality
	Lindi Location of Lindi. Lindi Lindi (Africa) Lindi Lindi (Earth)
	Coordinates: 9°59′49″S 39°42′52″E / 9.99694°S 39.71444°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Lindi
Population (2002)
• Total	41,549
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	023
Website	Country website

Lindi is a coastal town located at the far end of Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one of the most sparsely populated areas of the country. The town population was 78,841 as of the 2012 national census.^[1]

Overview

Lindi is located at the mouth of the Lukuledi River. Its port facilities are still rudimentary, allowing one or two small cargo and passenger boats at a time, and cannot accommodate ocean-going ships.^[2] The region was once an important sisal-producing plantation area, especially in Kikwetu, surrounding the Lindi airstrip, 25 kilometers north of town. Around 2012 Lindi was finally linked to Dar es Salaam by a continuous tarmac road, making Lindi accessible throughout the rainy season. An older tarmac road connects Lindi town to Mtwara, passing through Mikindani, formerly an important Arab business settlement for traders sailing along the east coast from Muscat, Oman, Malindi or Mombasa to Sofala. The Rondo Forest Reserve, is an important site of biodiversity which is located at the Rondo Plateau.^[3] Part of a Coastal Forest mosaic, the Rondo Plateau has risen sharply from sea level to about 885M and therefore enjoys a unique microclimate.^[4]

Administration

Lindi is administratively divided into 18 wards:^[1]

Ndoro
Makonde
Mikumbi
Mitandi
Rahaleo
Mwenge
Matopeni
Wailes
Nachingwea
Rasbura
Mtanda
Jamhuri
Msinjahili
Mingoyo
Ng'apa
Tandangongoro
Chikonji
Mbanja

References

^ ^a ^b "2012 population and housing census" (PDF). March 2013. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12.
^ "Lindi port information". Archived from the original on 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
^ "Rondo". www.nature-reserves.go.tz. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
^ "Rondo — Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS)". www.tfs.go.tz. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

External links

Lindi travel guide from Wikivoyage

[Census2012-1] "2012 population and housing census" (PDF). March 2013. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12.

[2] "Lindi port information". Archived from the original on 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2006-11-24.

[3] "Rondo". www.nature-reserves.go.tz. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

[4] "Rondo — Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS)". www.tfs.go.tz. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

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