Kalambo District

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|name = Kalambo District

|settlement_type = District

|image_map = Kalambo District in Rukwa 2022.svg

|map_caption = Location Rukwa Region.

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Rukwa Region

|area_total_km2 = 5,569

|population_as_of = 2022

|population_total = 316,783

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Matai.{{Cite news |author=Staff |title=State Gazettes New Regions, Districts |date=9 March 2012 |newspaper=Daily News |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url=http://archive.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/2739-state-gazettes-new-regions-districts |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205114/http://archive.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/2739-state-gazettes-new-regions-districts |archivedate=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 August 2014 }} The Kalambo River flows through the district and its mouth on Lake Tanganyika is about {{cvt|15|km|1}} south of the town of Kasanga.{{Cite news |author=Briggs, Philip |date=2009 |title=Lake Tanganyika (Southern Shores) |newspaper=Tanzania Travel News |url=http://bradttanzania.wordpress.com/lake-tanganyika-southern-shores/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812011046/http://bradttanzania.wordpress.com/lake-tanganyika-southern-shores/ |archivedate=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 August 2014 }}

Kalambo District Council was officially established on 23 December 2012 after it was split off from the Sumbawanga District Council.{{Cite news |author=Staff |title=Collect levies, Chang’a tells Kalambo council officials |date=23 January 2014 |newspaper=Daily News |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url=http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/27298-collect-levies-chang-a-tells-kalambo-council-officials |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205059/http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/27298-collect-levies-chang-a-tells-kalambo-council-officials |archivedate=10 August 2014 |url-status=live }} Moshi Chang'a was the first District Commissioner,{{Cite news |author=Siyame, Peti |date=3 July 2012 |title=Truance Irks Kalambo DC |newspaper=Daily News |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url=http://archive.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/6971-truance-irks-kalambo-dc |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205053/http://archive.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/6971-truance-irks-kalambo-dc |archivedate=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 August 2014 }} who served until his death in an auto accident in April 2014.{{Cite news |author=Bitekeye, Alex |title=Kikwete laments rising road accidents |date=23 April 2014 |newspaper=The Citizen |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Kikwete-laments-rising-road-accidents/-/1840392/2289372/-/ph8w5p/-/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055906/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Kikwete-laments-rising-road-accidents/-/1840392/2289372/-/ph8w5p/-/index.html |archivedate=8 August 2014 |url-status=live }}

According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 316,783 in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}