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Kalambo District

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Country
  
Tanzania

Region
  
Rukwa Region

Kalambo District

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

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

Economy

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

Constituencies

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

  • Kalambo Constituency
  • Divisions

    Kalambo District is administratively divided into divisions.

    Wards

    Kalambo District is administratively divided into seventeen wards:

    References

    Kalambo District Wikipedia