Lindi Rural is one of the six districts of the Lindi Region

Lindi Region

Lindi is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is also called Lindi.The Lindi region borders on Pwani, Morogoro, Ruvuma, and Mtwara. Much of the western part of the region is in the Selous Game Reserve....

 of Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

. It is bordered to the North by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Mtwara Region

Mtwara Region

Mtwara is a southern region of Tanzania which has been underdeveloped for a long time: development is constrained by the lack of highway and energy infrastructures. The Dar es Salaam-Kibiti-Lindi-Mtwara road has been improved by the completion of the Mkapa bridge over the Rufiji River...

, to the West by the Nachingwea District

Nachingwea

Nachingwea is one of the 6 districts in the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Ruangwa District, to the East by the Lindi Rural District, to the Southeast by the Mtwara Region and to the Southwest by the Ruvuma Region....

, and to the East by the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 and the Lindi Urban District

Lindi Urban

Lindi Urban is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the East by the Indian Ocean and surrounded to the North, West, and South by the Lindi Rural District...

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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lindi Rural District was 215,764.

Wards

The Lindi Rural District is administratively divided into twenty-eight wards. Twenty-four of them are classified as "rural" and four as "mixed."

• Chikonji
• Chiponda
• Kilolambwani
• Kitomanga
• Kiwalala
• Kiwawa
• Mandwanga
• Matimba
• Mbanja
• Milola
• Mingoyo
• Mipingo
• Mchinga
• Mnara
• Mnolela
• Mtama
  Mtama
  Mtama is a ward in Lindi Rural, Lindi Region, Tanzania. The population was approxmimately 11, 500 as of the 2002 census....
  
  
• Mtua
• Nachunyu
• Nahukahuka
• Namupa
• Nangaru
• Ng'apa
• Nyangamara
• Nyangao
• Nyengedi
• Rutamba
• Sudi
  Sudi
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• Tandangongoro