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Ruvuma Region

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Country
  
Tanzania

Time zone
  
EAT (UTC+3)

Website
  
ruvuma.go.tz

Population
  
1.377 million (2012)

Area code
  
025

Zone
  
Southern Highlands

Postcode
  
57xxx

Area
  
63,669 km²

Capital
  
Songea

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Ruvuma Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,376,891, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,449,830. For 2002-2012, the region's 2.1 percent average annual population growth rate was the twentieth highest in the country. It was also the 28th most densely populated region with 22 people per square kilometer.

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Map of Ruvuma Region, Tanzania

The region is named after the Ruvuma River, which forms most of its southern boundary with Portuguese-speaking Mozambique (where it is known as «Rovuma»). The region is also bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the northeast by the Lindi Region, to the east by the Mtwara Region, and to the northwest by the Iringa Region. Ruvuma has many different tribes, such as the Mpoto.

The regional commissioner of the Ruvuma Region is Said Thabit Mwambungu.

Districts

The region is administratively divided into five districts:

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections, the Ruvuma Region had six constituencies:

  • Mbinga Magharibi Constituency
  • Mbinga Mashariki Constituency
  • Namtumbo Constituency
  • Peramiho Constituency
  • Songea Mjini Constituency
  • Tunduru Constituency
  • References

    Ruvuma Region Wikipedia