Chemba (district in Tanzania)

	Chemba
	Chemba
	Chemba (District in Tanzania) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Dodoma
surface	7653 km²
Residents	235,711 (2012)
density	31 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-03

-5.2565417 35.8501508Coordinates: 5 ° 15 ′ S , 35 ° 51 ′ E

Chemba is a district of the Dodoma region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the city of Chemba . It borders on the Kondoa district to the north, the Manyara region to the east, the Chamwino and Bahi districts to the south and the Singida region to the west .

Street scene in the country.

geography

The district has an area of 7653 square kilometers and around 240,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). The country lies on the northern part of the Tanzanian central plateau at an altitude of 1200 to 1500 meters above sea level. The climate in the district is semi-arid, the low rainfall of 500 to 800 millimeters per year falls mostly in the rainy season from November to May. It usually rains like a shower, so that a lot of water drains off. The temperatures fluctuate between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius, depending on the altitude. There are also large differences in temperature during the day. It can cool down to 10 degrees at night and up to 35 degrees during the day.

history

In 2010 the Kondoa district was divided and the south was declared an independent Chemba district. Chemba was appointed to the district council in 2013.

Administrative division

Location of the Chemba district in the Dodoma region (green: main roads).

The district is divided into the four divisions Farkwa, Goima, Kwamtoro and Mondo and consists of 26 parishes (Wards, as of 2017):

Babayu
Chandama
Chemba
Churuku
Dalai
Farkwa
Goima
Gwandi
Jangalo
Kidoka
Kimaha
Kinyamshindo
Kwamtoro
Lahoda
Lalta
Makorongo
Mondo
Mpendo
Mrijo
Msaada
Ovada
Paranga
Sanzawa
Songoro
Soy
Tumbacosis

population

The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Burunge , Rangi and the Sandawi. The population rose from 192,275 in 2002 to 235,711 in the 2012 census. The official estimate for 2017 is 263,000. More than 98 percent of the population live in rural areas. In 2012, 55 percent of those over the age of five spoke Swahili, four percent spoke Swahili and English. Around forty percent were illiterate.

Facilities and services

Education: There are 103 elementary schools in the district, all of which also have preschool classes. In 2016, 899 teachers taught 45,511 primary school students. In the same year, 354 teachers were available for 4272 students in the 23 secondary schools. One of the secondary schools is a private school.
Health: There is no hospital in the district, but there are four health centers and 34 pharmacies. There are 236,000 inhabitants for one doctor, the national average in Tanzania is 1: 79,000 (as of 2016).
Water: 31 percent of the population could be supplied with safe and clean water within 400 meters of their place of residence. Of the 80 existing water supply systems, two were based on gravity, 78 were hydroelectric pumps (as of 2016).

Economy and Infrastructure

About 95 percent of the population live from agriculture, a small proportion is employed in trade or as a carpenter or bricklayer.

Agriculture: The main crops are corn, millet, sorghum and sunflower. Half of the 50,000 households have pets. Cattle, chickens and goats are kept most frequently (as of 2012).
Forestry: To maintain the forests, around 900,000 and 400,000 trees were planted in 2015 and 2016, respectively. 1.5 million each were planned.
Roads: The main road connection is the paved national road T5 from Dodoma to Arusha and on to Kenya . There are also 170 kilometers of regional roads that are also being maintained by the state. Only about 28 percent of the district roads are gravel and can be used all year round. The remaining roads are dirt roads, some of which are difficult to drive in the rainy season.
Reservoir: A project for a dam near Farkwa, which was planned in 1959, is to be implemented starting in 2020. The reservoir is used to supply water to large areas of the Dodoma region.

politics

A district council is elected every five years in the district. The council consists of 26 elected and nine appointed members, as well as two members of parliament. The chairman of the council is Mweshimiwa Rajabu (as of 2020) Template: future / in 4 years.

Web links

Chemba District Council

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k History | Chemba District Council. Retrieved June 17, 2020 .
^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .
^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb36-2 , accessed June 18, 2020 (Russian).
↑ ^a ^b Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, pp. 16–17 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .
↑ Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 5 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .
↑ Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 15 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .
↑ DEVELOPING EDUCATORS, IMPROVING EARLY LEARNING IN RURAL TANZANIA: Mpwapwa and Chemba districts. (PDF) p. 6 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .
^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 71 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .
↑ Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 22 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .
^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 95 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .
^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .
^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 18, 2020 .
↑ Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd: Execution of over 100bn / - dam project to start early Jan. Retrieved on June 18, 2020 (English).
^ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 17, 2002 .
↑ Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k History | Chemba District Council. Retrieved June 17, 2020 .

[:1-2] Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[3] Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb36-2 , accessed June 18, 2020 (Russian).

[:2-4] Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, pp. 16–17 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .

[5] Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 5 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .

[6] Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 15 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .

[7] DEVELOPING EDUCATORS, IMPROVING EARLY LEARNING IN RURAL TANZANIA: Mpwapwa and Chemba districts. (PDF) p. 6 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .

[8] Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 71 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[9] Chemba District Council, Strategic Plan 2017 / 2017–2020 / 2021. (PDF) June 2017, p. 22 , accessed on June 18, 2020 .

[10] Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 95 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[11] Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[12] Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 18, 2020 .

[13] Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd: Execution of over 100bn / - dam project to start early Jan. Retrieved on June 18, 2020 (English).

[14] Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 17, 2002 .

[15] Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .