PRE COLONIAL HISTORY OF RUNGWE;
In 1891 Lutheran and Moravian Christian missionaries started to work in this region, aiming to convert the local population to their faith.
"German administration at the north end of Lake Nyasa was established in January 1893, some eighteeen months after the arrival of the first German missionaries. The new administration arrived in the form of a party led by Hermann von Wissman, Imperial Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, with orders to take possession of the territory in the south of German East Africa secured under the terms of the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890.
The town was originally founded in 1900 by the German Imperial regime as the colonial town of Neu Langenburg, named after the original Langenburg on the shores of Lake Nyassa which had to be given up due to rising sea levels. It was an important regional centre under the Germans and consequently there is an important Lutheran presence here, including a hospital. According to the 1920 Deutsches Koloniallexikon two of the ten shops were operated by Europeans and the police force, composed of "coloureds", was 66 men strong.
The town was administered by the British from 1919 until 1961, as Tukuyu in the British Empire's Tanganyika Territory. After 1919, when the Germans left, Scottish missionaries carried on the work of their German Catholic counterparts at the Kiymbila and Itite Stations. The British established a large hospital in the town in the early 1920s, and built reliable roads and bridges. There was a small British military post some miles south at Masoko.
AFTER COLONIAL HISTORY OF RUNGWE
Rungwe is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Rural District, to the East by the Iringa Region, to the Southeast by the Kyela District, to the Southwest by the Ileje District and to the West by the Mbeya Urban District.
When your travelling to Rungwe you can see volcanic mountain such as Rungwe mountain,creater like Ngozi,green hills and lash valley with murling river.Rungwe is the one of loveliest area of the country,when your traveling in southern of Tanzania or if your on away to Zambia and Malawi Rungwe is not to be missed stay for a day or two and hike,relax and explore this unspoiled part of Tanzania
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Rungwe District was 307,270.
The District Commissioner of the Rungwe District is Crispin Meela.
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