Ikungi (district)

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District 
Ikungi (District) (Tanzania)
Ikungi
Ikungi
Ikungi (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Singida
surface 8860 km²
Residents 272,959 (2012)
density 31 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-23

Coordinates: 5 ° 8 ′  S , 34 ° 46 ′  E

Ikungi is one of five districts in the Singida region in Tanzania with the capital Ikungi . It borders the Iramba , Mkalama and Singida districts to the north, the Dodoma region to the east, the Manyoni district to the south and the Tabora region to the west .

Location of the Ikungi district in the Singida region (green: main roads).

geography

The district has a size of 8860 square kilometers and around 273,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). It is located on the East African Central Plateau at an altitude of 1200 to 1500 meters above sea level. There are no rivers that carry water all year round. The climate is semi-arid with annual rainfall of 600 to 700 millimeters, the rain falls mainly in the months of December to March. It is very dry from April to November. The temperatures are between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius.

history

The district was created in 2012 by separating it from Singida district.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 28 parishes (wards) (as of 2018):

  • Ikungi
  • puma
  • Kituntu
  • Mungaa
  • Siuyu
  • Kikio
  • Lighwa
  • Misughaa
  • Ntuntu
  • Dung'unyi
  • Mang'onyi
  • Mkiwa
  • Issuna
  • Unyahati
  • Makiungu
  • Iglansoni
  • Iseke
  • Ihanja
  • Minyughe
  • Muhintiri
  • Iyumbu
  • Mgungira
  • Mwaru
  • Ighombwe
  • Mtunduru
  • Sepuka
  • Irisya
  • Makilawa

population

The largest ethnic group in the district are the Nyaturu. The population grew from 197,039 in 2002 to 261,936 in 2012. During the same period, the literacy rate of those over fifteen rose from 67 percent to 73 percent. The majority of the population speaks Swahili, around six percent speak Swahili and English.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 110 primary schools in the district, 108 of which are public schools and two are privately run. Of the 36 secondary schools, 30 are public and six are private (as of 2019).
  • Health: Three health centers and 33 pharmacies are available for medical care for the population (as of 2019).
  • Water: The supply of clean water varies widely. In the municipalities of Mungaa, Lighwa and Iglansoni the proportion is twenty percent, in the municipalities of Ikungi, Puma, Siuyu and Makiung the percentage is seventy percent and above.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the most important branch of the economy, around 80 percent of the population are dependent on it.

  • Agriculture: Of the total area, 2580 square kilometers are arable land, 2887 square kilometers are pasture land and 1815 square kilometers are forest. In 2018, 8,400 tons of maize and pearl millet as well as 9,200 tons of sweet potatoes and onions were harvested. In the same year 936,000 chickens, 420,000 cattle, 220,000 goats and 80,000 sheep were kept.
  • Beekeeping: The number of traditional beehives decreased from 5,341 in 2017 to 2,676 in 2018, and that of modern beehives increased from 1,812 to 2,396.
  • Commerce and Industry: There are only small commercial businesses in the district, mostly flour mills.
  • Railway: The branch line of the Tanganyika Railway runs through the district, which branches off at Manyoni and leads to Singida .
  • Roads: Of the 1,235 kilometers of roads in the district, only 60 percent are passable in the rainy season. The main road is the T3 national road from Dodoma to Singida.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History | Ikungi District Council. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (Swahili).
  2. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) p. 5 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) p. 3 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Social and Economic Profile Data. (PDF) pp. 1–2 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Statistics | Ikungi District Council. Retrieved January 17, 2020 (Swahili).
  6. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 17, 69, 73 , accessed on January 18, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) pp. 15–16 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) pp. 24–25, 31 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) p. 44 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) pp. 51–61 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) p. 66 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Social and economic profile data. (PDF) p. 62 , accessed on January 17, 2020 .
  13. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .