Busokelo District

{{Short description|District in Mbeya, Tanzania}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Missing information|the new district|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Busokelo

| native_name = Wilaya ya Busokelo

| native_name_lang = sw

| settlement_type = District

| image_skyline = Kiungululu Crater Lake 62.jpg

| image_caption = Kiungululu Crater Lake

| image_map = Busokelo District in Mbeya 2022.svg

| map_caption = Busokelo District of Mbeya Region

| coordinates = {{coord|9.253593|S|33.6441848|E|display=inline,title|type:adm3rd_region:TZ-source:google_maps}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Mbeya Region

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Busokelo

| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = Lwangwa Town

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 2013

| area_total_km2 = 969.14

| elevation_m = 1106

| government_type = Council

| leader_title = Chairman

| leader_name = Anyosisye M. Njobelo

| leader_title1 = District CEO

| leader_name1 = Loema Isaay Peter

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 106,187

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| population_blank2 = Christianity

| area_code = 025

| postal_code = 53xxx

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| timezone = EAT

| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2019)

| website = {{URL|https://busokelodc.go.tz/ |District Website}}

}}

Busokelo is a new district in 2013 from Rungwe District within the Mbeya Region of Tanzania.{{cite web |title=Historia |trans-title=History |url=https://busokelodc.go.tz/history |website=Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Busokelo |publisher=Ofisi ya Rais Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za Mitaa |language=sw |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614083355/https://busokelodc.go.tz/history |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-status=live}}

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics reported there were 106,187 people in the district, down from 96,348 in 2012.{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}