Iramba (District)

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District 
Iramba (District) (Tanzania)
Iramba
Iramba
Iramba (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Singida
surface 4571 km²
Residents 236,282 (2012)
density 52 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-23

Coordinates: 4 ° 23 ′  S , 33 ° 58 ′  E

Iramba is a district in the Singida region in Tanzania . Its administrative center is in Kiomboi . The district is bordered to the north by the region Simiyu , on the east by the district Mkalama , on the south by the district Ikungi and on the west by the region Tabora .

geography

The district has an area of ​​4571 square kilometers and around 236,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). The country is located in the northern part of the central highlands of Tanzania between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level. The rocky peaks that rise from the hilly country and are called Inselbergs are striking . The hard granite rock remained standing while the surrounding land eroded. The Kitangiri Lake lies on the northern border . Most of the rivers in the district only carry water during the rainy season. The largest river is the Sibiti, the outflow of the Kitangiri Lake. It flows to the northeast and flows into the Eyasisee . The climate in the district is semi-arid. A short rainy season from December to March is followed by a long dry season from April to November. The annual average rainfall is 500 to 850 millimeters, slightly more in the higher east and less in the west. The temperature fluctuates from 15 degrees Celsius in July to 30 degrees in October.

Of the total area, over forty percent each is arable land and pasture land, with half of the arable land being used.

history

Iramba District was established in 1954 and a District Council was established in 1984. In 2012 the district was divided and the eastern part raised to the status of an independent Mkalama district.

Administrative division
Location of the Iramba district in the Singida region (green: main roads).

Iramba is divided into four divisions:

division surface

km 2

Residents

2012

Kinampanda 566 39,889
Kisiriri 1211 54.053
Ndago 1615 77,665
Shelui 1180 64,675

The district consists of a total of 17 parishes (wards, as of 2012)

  • Urughu
  • Mtekente
  • Mtoa
  • Mgongo
  • Shelui
  • Ntwike
  • Tulya
  • Kidaru
  • Kisiriri
  • Kiomboi
  • Kinampanda
  • Ulemo
  • Kyengege
  • Ndago
  • Furniture
  • Kaselya
  • Ndulungu

population

The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Nyiramba and the Sukuma . The population rose from 113,103 in the 2002 census to 236,282 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of over seven percent and a doubling time of less than ten years. Almost sixty percent of the over-five-year-olds spoke Swahili, seven percent Swahili and English, and around a third were illiterate (as of 2012).

Facilities and services
  • Education: There are 94 public and 2 private primary schools in the district, as well as 23 secondary schools, one of which is privately run. The 50,000 students in primary schools were taught by 990 teachers, and the 6,100 students in secondary schools by 314 teachers (as of 2015).
  • Health: A state hospital, three public health centers and 37 pharmacies are available to provide medical care for the population. There were a total of twelve doctors in the district in 2015, one doctor for every 20,000 inhabitants.
  • Water: A little more than a third of the population was supplied with safe and clean water in 2015.
  • Energy: Around ten percent use electricity from the state energy supplier or solar energy for lighting, more than half use kerosene lamps and a quarter use flashlights. Ninety percent wood and ten percent charcoal are used for cooking (as of 2016).

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Agriculture is the most important branch of the economy in the district, nine out of ten residents make a living from it and it contributes 94 percent to the district income. It is mostly run by small farmers with a hand hoe and team of oxen. Due to a lack of financial resources, there are hardly any irrigation systems, so that the harvest is heavily dependent on the weather. The most important crops for self-sufficiency are maize and millet. Sunflowers, cotton, peanuts, onions, sesame seeds and lentils are grown to improve income. In 2012, two thirds of all households kept livestock, especially cattle and poultry.
  • Forestry: Because of the increased demand for firewood and charcoal, the district is reforesting the forests. Around 300,000 trees were planted annually between 2010 and 2015.
  • Commercial: There are only small and medium-sized companies. These deal mainly with the processing of agricultural products in mills or oil presses.
  • Roads: The main road connection is the paved national road from Singida to Nzega . Around 15 percent of the district roads are asphalted and 20 percent gravel, the others are natural roads and are only accessible to a limited extent in the rainy season.

politics

In Iramba, a district council is elected every five years. The chair is Simion Tiyosera (as of 2020) Template: future / in 4 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 2 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed June 20, 2020 .
  3. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb36-2 , accessed June 20, 2020 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 5–7 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  5. ^ John IB Kitto: Historia ya Wanyiramba (History of Iramba). (PDF) pp. 11–12 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ History | Mkalama District Council. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 4–5 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 124 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 9 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  10. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 73 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  11. ↑ a b Takwimu | Statistics. Retrieved June 20, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 141, 149 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 99, 101 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 27 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 32–33 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 35, 41, 49–50 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  17. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 132, 135 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 84 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 92 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  20. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 95 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Accessed June 21, 2020 (English).