[2] Njombe Rural District was formally established when it was gazetted in March 2012.

It was created out of the northern part of the old Njombe District that had been in Iringa Region.

As of the 2010 elections the area that became Njombe Rural District had one constituency:[3][4] Njombe Rural District is administratively divided into divisions.

As of 2012, Njombe Rural District was administratively divided into fourteen wards:[5]

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