Namtumbo District
{{Short description|District of Ruvuma Region}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Namtumbo
|settlement_type = District
|image_map = Namtumbo District in Ruvuma 2022.svg
|map_caption = location in Ruvuma Region
|coordinates =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Ruvuma Region
|area_total_km2 = 21,764
|population_as_of = 2022
|population_total = 271,368
| population_density_km2 = auto
}}
{{Coord|10.466417|S|36.130085|E|display=title}}
Namtumbo District is one of the five districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the east by the Tunduru District, to the south by Mozambique and to the west by the Songea Urban District and Songea Rural District.
{{As of|2022}}, the population of the Namtumbo District was 271,368.{{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}}{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing Census General Report: Ruvuma: Namtubo|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/namtumbo.htm|access-date=2006-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060608224243/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/namtumbo.htm|archive-date=2006-06-08|url-status=dead}}
Wards
The Namtumbo District is administratively divided into 21 wards:
- Kitanda
- Ligera
- Luchili
- Luegu
- Lusewa
- Magazini
- Msisima
- Mgombasi
- Mkongo Nakawale
- Msindo
- Namabengo
- Namtumbo
- Rwinga
- Mchomoro
- Hanga
- Mputa
- Likuyuseka
- Lisimonji
- Mkongo Gulioni
- Litola
- Limamu
- Suluti
- Mtonya
- Nambecha
- Mtwaro pachani
Notable persons from Namtumbo District
- Rashid Kawawa, First Tanzanian Prime Minister