Buhigwe (District)

Buhigwe District Buhigwe Buhigwe (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Kigoma
surface	1700 km²
Residents	254,342 (2012)
density	150 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-08

Coordinates: 4 ° 29 ′  S , 29 ° 42 ′  E

Buhigwe is located in western Tanzania and is a district of the Kigoma region . It is bordered by Burundi to the north, by the Kasulu district to the east and south-east, and by the Kigoma district to the south and west .

Location of Buhigwe district in the Kigoma region.

geography

Buhigwe has a size of 1700 square kilometers and around 250,000 inhabitants (2012 census). The district is topographically divided into two zones: the lowlands at an altitude of 900 to 1400 meters above sea level, with extensive miombo forests, and the highlands with grass areas that are between 1400 and 1800 meters high. The drainage is to the west into Lake Tanganyika . Every year 800 to 1800 millimeters of rain fall, mainly from mid-September to the end of May. The average temperatures are between 15 and 26 degrees in the highlands and up to 29 degrees Celsius in the lowlands. The warmest time is from September to December.

history

The district was established in 2012.

Administrative division

Buhigwe consists of the two divisions Munanila and Muyama and a total of 15 communities (Wards, as of 2012):

• Nyamugali
• Biharu
• Muyama
• Kajana
• Mugera
• Kilelema
• Munyegera
• Buhigwe
• Kibande
• Janda
• Coin
• Rusaba
• Muhinda
• Munanila
• Mwayaya

population The dominant ethnic group in the district are the Waha , more than 98 percent belong to them. The population rose from 189,689 in the 2002 census to 254,342 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of three percent or a doubling time of 24 years. The literacy rate of over fifteen year olds rose from 65 to 73 percent during this period. In 2012, almost sixty percent of those over five spoke Swahili, six percent spoke Swahili and English, and just over a third were illiterate. Facilities and services

• Education: 89 primary schools and 23 secondary schools are available in the district for training young people, one primary school and five secondary schools are privately operated. In 2017, 55,000 students attended primary school. 743 teachers were available for this, which corresponds to a teacher-student ratio of 1:73.
• Health: There are four health centers in the district, two of which are state-run and two by religious institutions, and 29 pharmacies.
• Water: Slightly more than two thirds of the population have access to safe and clean water.

Economy and Infrastructure Agriculture: Agriculture is the main industry. Ninety percent of the population is engaged in agriculture. In 2016/2017, 60,000 hectares were built on, which is almost two thirds of the arable area. Bananas, maize, cassava and sweet potatoes were mainly planted for personal use, while coffee, ginger and palm oil were intended for sale. Yields stagnate due to a lack of irrigation structures, insufficient resources and plant diseases. The table below shows acreage, harvest and yield per hectare of the most important products and a comparison with tomato production in Europe. Around half of the households also keep farm animals. In 2012 these were mainly poultry, goats and cattle.

fruit	Acreage [Ha]	harvest [t]	Yield [t / ha]
Bananas	10,628	167.387	15th
Corn	16,568	33,136	2
manioc	18,630	130.410	7th
sweet potato	238	1,190	5
Palm oil	172	138	1
Beans	12,927	15,512	1
peanuts	740	2,220	3
Peas	12,300	12,300	1
tomatoes	672	2,688	4th
Tomatoes (Vienna)	48	20,100	400

• Roads: The district is touched in the northwestern part of the national road T19, which connects Kigoma with Burundi. In 2017 there were around 300 kilometers of roads in the district. Of that, over eighty percent were dirt roads, the rest was gravel; there were no paved roads.

politics

In Buhigwe a District Council is elected every 5 years. In the 2019 election, Venance Kigwinya became chairman.

Web links

• Buhigwe District Council

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History | Buhigwe District Council. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Tanzania Regional Profiles, 16 Kigoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Strategic Plan 2017/18 to 2021/22. (PDF) Buhigwe District Council, January 2018, pp. 13-14 , accessed April 24, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xb35-2, Map 500k - xb36-1. Russian Army Maps, accessed April 12, 2020 (Russian). 
5. ↑ 15 new constituencies up for grabs in October. Accessed April 25, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 152 , accessed April 24, 2020 . 
7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 16 Kigoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 68, 72 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Takwimu | Statistics. Accessed April 25, 2020 (English). 
9. ↑ Strategic Plan 2017/18 to 2021/22. (PDF) Buhigwe District Council, January 2018, pp. 43–44 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Strategic Plan 2017/18 to 2021/22. (PDF) Buhigwe District Council, January 2018, p. 27 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Strategic Plan 2017/18 to 2021/22. (PDF) Buhigwe District Council, January 2018, pp. 18–20 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
12. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 16 Kigoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 129, 131 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Vegetable harvest 2019 (PDF) Statistics Austria, December 17, 2019, accessed on April 25, 2020 . 
14. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Buhigwe. GoogleMaps, accessed April 25, 2020 (de-US). 
16. ↑ Strategic Plan 2017/18 to 2021/22. (PDF) Buhigwe District Council, January 2018, p. 51 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on April 24, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Accessed April 25, 2020 (English).