Lindi is one of
TanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in central 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.The United...
's 26 administrative
regions||Tanzania is divided into 26 regions :*Arusha *Dar es Salaam *Dodoma *Iringa *Kagera *Kigoma *Kilimanjaro *Lindi *Manyara...
. The regional capital is also called
LindiLindi is a coastal town located at the far end of the Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one...
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Lindi is one of
TanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in central 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.The United...
's 26 administrative
regions||Tanzania is divided into 26 regions :*Arusha *Dar es Salaam *Dodoma *Iringa *Kagera *Kigoma *Kilimanjaro *Lindi *Manyara...
. The regional capital is also called
LindiLindi is a coastal town located at the far end of the Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one...
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The Lindi region borders on
PwaniPwani is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Kibaha serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam and the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Lindi Region and to the West by the Morogoro Region.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
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MorogoroMorogoro Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Morogoro. It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by the Pwani and Lindi Regions, to the South by the Ruvuma Region and to the West by the Iringa and Dodoma Regions....
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RuvumaRuvuma is a region in Tanzania. It is named after the Ruvuma River which forms most of its southern boundary with Mozambique. It is also bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region, to the Northeast by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region and to the Northwest by the Iringa Region...
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MtwaraMtwara is one of the southern regions of Tanzania which have been underdeveloped for a long time for various justifiable reasons and constraints. Among the development constraints for Mtwara is not the lack of resources but economic infrastructures of road and energy. Mtwara is now looking up and...
. Much of the western part of the region is in the
Selous Game ReserveThe Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest fauna reserves of the world, located in the south of Tanzania. It was named after Englishman Sir Frederick Selous, a famous big game hunter and early conservationist, who died in this territory in 1917 while fighting against the Germans during World War I...
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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lindi Region was 791,306.
The regional commissioner of the Lindi Region is N.M. Banduka.
Districts
The Lindi Region is divided into 6 administrative districts:
LiwaleLiwale is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Pwani Region, to the East by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Ruangwa District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
, Kilwa,
RuangwaRuangwa is one of the 6 districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Liwale District, to the South by the Nachingwea District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....
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NachingweaNachingwea 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....
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Lindi RuralLindi Rural is one of the six districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kilwa District, to the South by the Mtwara Region, to the West by the Nachingwea District, and to the East by the Indian Ocean and the Lindi Urban District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...
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Lindi UrbanLindi 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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