Busega (District)

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Busega district
Busega (District) (Tanzania)
Busega
Busega
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Simiyu
surface 1312 km²
Residents 203,597 (2012)
density 155 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-30

Coordinates: 2 ° 23 '  S , 33 ° 33'  E

Busega is a district in the Tanzanian region of Simiyu with the administrative center in Nyashimo . Busega is bordered by the Mara region to the north, the Bariadi district to the east and south, the Mwanza region to the southwest and Lake Victoria to the west .

Fishermen on Lake Victoria

geography

The Busega district is 1312 square kilometers and has around 200,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). The district is located in the northwest of the Simiyu region directly on Lake Victoria. It has annual rainfall of 700 to 900 millimeters and is well suited for arable farming and cattle breeding.

history

Busega was founded in 2012 with the separation from Magu District and became part of the newly established Simiyu Region.

Location of the Busega district in the Simiyu region

Administrative division

The district is divided into thirteen parishes (wards):

Ward Residents

2012

Household

size

Men too

100 women

Shigala 12,974 6.4 96
Badugu 13,571 6.6 94
Nyaluhande 9,688 6.7 98
Kiloleli 19,396 5.6 93
Mwamanyili 15,224 5.3 91
Kabita 22,772 5.2 89
Kalemela 10,928 6.0 94
Lamadi 22,062 5.1 93
Lutubiga 11,721 7.4 99
Mkula 16,821 6.9 93
Ngasamo 18,935 7.2 98
Malili 17,084 6.5 95
Igalukilo 12,421 6.4 94

population

In 2002, Busega was home to 170,649 people. The increase to 230,597 in 2012 corresponds to a population growth of 19.3 percent. During the same period, the literacy rate rose from 65 percent to 77 percent. Sixty percent of those over five could read and write Swahili, one percent English, and eight percent English and Swahili, 31 percent were illiterate (as of 2012).

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 91 elementary schools in the district, 86 of which are state-run and five are public. 82 percent of young people between the ages of seven and thirteen attended school, 80 percent of boys and 84 percent of girls.
  • Health: There are two government health centers and over 20 pharmacies in Busega.
  • Water: 39 percent of the population have access to clean water.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Agriculture is the most important economic factor in the district. With 77,294 hectares of agricultural land, more than half of the area is used for arable farming and cattle breeding. The main crops are corn, millet, sweet potatoes and cassava. Over fifty percent of the 33,000 households owned pets, the most common being poultry, cattle, goats and sheep.
  • Fishing: In the district, a total of 3,926 fishermen in Lake Victoria catch mainly Nile perch for the market in Bariadi and for export.
  • Tourism: The 66 square kilometer Kijereshi Game Reserve was established in 1994 as a buffer zone between the populated area and the Serengeti National Park. It is home to lions, buffalo, elephants, impalas, wildebeests, jackals, zebras, ostriches, hyenas, warthogs and deer antelopes.
Ostriches in the Kijereshi Game Reserve
  • Mining: In 2011, nickel ore was found in Mount Ngasamo, with deposits estimated at eleven million tons. After test drilling, a mining contract was canceled by the Tanzanian government in 2017.
  • Roads: There are two well-developed and asphalted main roads in Busega: the national road T4 from Mwanza to Musoma crosses the district from south to north and the trunk road T36 branches off in Lamadi and leads to Bariadi.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Tanzania Regional Profiles, 24 Simiyu Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on November 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tanzania: Lake Zone (Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Simiyu Investment Guide. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 16, 2017, p. 6 , accessed on November 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ History | BUSEGA DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (pdf) National Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance Dar es Salaam, March 2013, p. 217 , accessed on November 9, 2019 .
  6. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 24 Simiyu Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 16, 69, 72 , accessed on November 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Category publications | Simiyu region. (pdf) pp. 11–12 , accessed on November 9, 2019 (Swahili).
  8. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 24 Simiyu Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 83 , accessed on November 8, 2019 .
  9. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 24 Simiyu Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 129, 131 , accessed on November 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Kijereshi Game Reserve. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  11. ^ How JPM order hits the World Bank, UK. (pdf) The Citizen, January 13, 2017, accessed November 9, 2019 .