Ruvuma

Ruvuma Region is one among Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The local capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the area had a population of 1,376,891, which changed into decrease than the pre-census projection of one,449,830. For 2002–2012, the region's 2.1 percent common annual populace growth charge changed into the twentieth maximum in the united states. It changed into also the twenty eighth most densely populated vicinity with 22 humans consistent with square kilometer.

The vicinity is known as after the Ruvuma River, which paperwork maximum of its southern boundary with Portuguese-speaking Mozambique. The vicinity is also bordered to the north by way of the Morogoro Region, to the northeast by using the Lindi Region, to the east by way of the Mtwara Region, and to the northwest via the Njombe Region. Ruvuma has many unique tribes, consisting of the Mpoto. The local commissioner of the Ruvuma Region is Christina Solomon Mndeme. For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is split into constituencies.