Njombe, Tanzania

🇹🇿 Njombe is a town in southern Tanzania. It is the regional capital of Njombe Region as well as the district headquarters of Njombe Rural District and Njombe Urban District. It is located at nearly 2,000 meters of altitude on the eastern edge of the Kipengere Range and has the reputation of being a cold town.

Transport: Road Paved Trunk road T6 from Makambako to Songea passes through the town.

Railway Station The nearest train station on the TAZARA Railway - from Dar es Salaam to Lusaka - is located in the town of Makambako.

Transport: Air The nearest airstrip in Njombe is available at Melinze street near Mjimwema ward, most of time the airport is used by private flights and three years back there was commercial flight from Njombe airport to Dar es Salaam airport terminal 1 by Auriq air.

History Njombe Urban District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012. It was created out of the south-eastern part of the old Njombe District that had been in Iringa Region. Western Njombe District became Wanging'ombe District, and the northern part became Njombe Rural District.

Economy Outside of the city of Njombe, most people are employed in herding and subsistence farming.

Challenges facing the economy Roads are poor and is not proper in heavy vehicle/truck.

Constituencies For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area that became Njombe Urban District had one constituency: • Njombe Kusini (Njombe South) Constituency

Divisions Njombe Urban District is administratively divided into divisions.

Wards As of 2012, Njombe Urban District was administratively divided into fourteen wards: • Ihanga • Iwungilo • Kifanya • Lugenge • Luponde • Lyamkena • Matola • Mji Mwema • Mjimwema (A & B) • Mlowa • Mwembetogwa • Njombe Mjini • Ramadhani • Ubena • Utalingolo • Uwemba • Yakobi.