Ludewa District
{{Short description|District of Njombe Region, Tanzania}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ludewa
| native_name = {{native phrase |sw |Wilaya ya Ludewa }}
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Tea plantations in Luewa District, Njombe Region, Tanzania.JPG
| image_caption = Tea farms in the South Tanzania Highlands in the Ludewa, Njombe
| image_map = Ludewa District in Njombe.svg
| map_caption = Location in Njombe Region
| coordinates = {{coord|10|00|S|34|45|E|display=inline,title|type:adm2nd_region:TZ_dim:100000}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Njombe Region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Ludewa District
| established_title = Established{{r|Ludewa_historia}}
| established_date = 31 December, 1983
| area_total_km2 = 8397
| area_footnotes ={{r|Ludewa_scoecoPro09|p=2}}
| elevation_m =
| elevation_footnotes ={{r|2016_census|p=167-168}}
| government_type = Council
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Wise Charles Mgina
| leader_title1 = Director
| leader_name1 = Sunday N. Deogratias
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_total = 137520
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes ={{r|2016_census|p=167-168}}
| area_code = 026
| postal_code = 594xx
| postal_code_type = Postcode{{r|Njombe_postcode}}
| timezone = EAT
| website = {{URL|https://ludewadc.go.tz/ |District Website}}
}}
Ludewa District is one of six districts in the Njombe Region in Tanzania, East Africa. Prior to 2012, the district was one of the seven districts of Iringa Region. The town of Ludewa is the administrative seat of the district. A hospital is located in the city. The district is bordered to the north by the Njombe Rural District and Makete District, to the southeast by the Ruvuma Region and to the southwest by the country of Malawi across Lake Nyasa.{{GEOnet2|32FA881943963774E0440003BA962ED3|Ludewa District (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency{{Cite news|author=Staff |title=Tanzania: State Gazettes New Regions, Districts |date=9 March 2012 |newspaper=Daily News |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/2739-state-gazettes-new-regions-districts |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823174437/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/2739-state-gazettes-new-regions-districts |archivedate=23 August 2012 }}{{r|Ludewa_stratPlan17|p=6}}
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 137,520 people in the district, from 133,218 in 2012.{{r|2016_census|p=167-168}}{{r|2012_census|p=204}}
Geography
The district has a wide shore of Lake Nyasa with beaches in Lupingu and Manda and the mouth of Ruhuhu River. The district covers and area of {{convert|8397|km2}}, of which {{convert|6,325|km2|abbr=on}} that is 75% is land, and {{convert|2,072|km2|abbr=on}} that is 25% is water.{{r|Ludewa_scoecoPro09|p=2}}
Economy
The primary occupations are livestock raising, subsistence farming, and fishing which encompasses 78% of peoples livelyhoods.{{r|Lupembe_17|p=28}}
= Mining =
The Liganga iron ore mine in Ludewa is a $1.8 billion USD project to mine iron ore and manufacture steel sheets. The complex is to produce one mt/y of steel, iron, titanium dioxide, and vanadium pentoxide.{{r|TEITI_18|p=31}}
There is a small amount of artisanal mining of gold and gem quality green tourmaline.{{r|Iringa_SoEcoProfile_07|p=114}}
Administrative subdivisions
Ludewa District is administratively divided into five divisions, twenty-six wards, with 77 villages, and 337 vitongoji.{{r|Ludewa_takwimu}}{{r|Ludewa_scoecoPro09|p=2}}
= Constituencies =
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Ludewa District had one constituency:{{Cite web|title=Organisations located in Ludewa District - Tanzania|publisher=African Development Information|url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_tz_04_3.html|access-date=2012-09-07|archive-date=2018-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223012724/http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_tz_04_3.html|url-status=dead}}
- Ludewa Constituency
= Wards =
Below are the 26 wards as follows:{{r|2016_census|p=167-168}}{{r|Njombe_postcode}}
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
- Ibumi
- Iwela
- Kilondo
- Lifuma
- Luana
- Ludende
- Ludewa
- Lugarawa
- Luilo
- Lumbila
- Lupanga
- Lupingu
- Madilu
- Madope
- Makonde
- Manda
- Masasi
- Mavanga
- Mawengi
- Milo
- Mkongobaki
- Mlangali
- Mundindi
- Nkomang'ombe
- Ruhuhu
- Lubonde
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Gallery
{{Gallery
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| height = 150
| width = 150
| File:Tebags at Luponde tea factory, 19992.jpg
| Raw Tea bags before processing at Luponde tea factory in the rear 1992
| File:Coal minining in Ludew District near Lake Nyassa.jpg
| Coal mining in the Ludewa District near the Lake Nyassa
| File:Liganga iron mountain in Ludewa District, Njombe Region, Tanzania.jpg
| Liganga iron mountain in Ludewa District
| File:Ferry across hte Ruhuhu river, Tanzania.jpg
| A ferry across the Ruhuhu river in Tanzania
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References
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{{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}}
{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |title=Socio-economic Profile |url=https://ludewadc.go.tz/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Ludewa%20%20District%20ProfileTemplates%20as%20at%20Dec%202009.pdf |website=ludewadc.go.tz |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania) |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618102327/https://ludewadc.go.tz/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Ludewa%20%20District%20ProfileTemplates%20as%20at%20Dec%202009.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2022 |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |language=en |date=2009 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |title=TEITI Report, 2017 to 2018 |url=https://www.teiti.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5ef/af3/292/5efaf3292af80219592208.pdf |website=teiti.go.tz |publisher=Mzumbe University |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903004358/https://www.teiti.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5ef/af3/292/5efaf3292af80219592208.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2022 |location=Mzumbe, Tanzania |language=en |url-status=live}}
{{Cite thesis |title=Contribution of Farmers' Network to Income Poverty Reduction of Ludewa District |last=Lupembe |first=Gervas A. |date=2017-01-01 |publisher=Mzumbe University |url=http://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/bitstream/handle/11192/2115/MSc-DP_Lupembe-Gervas%20Alfred_2017.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903005259/http://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/bitstream/handle/11192/2115/MSc-DP_Lupembe-Gervas%20Alfred_2017.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |location=Mzumbe, Tanzania |language=en |url-status=live}}
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