Iramba (District)
District
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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. historyIramba 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 |
Iramba is divided into four divisions:
division | surface
km 2 |
Residents
2012 |
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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
populationThe 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
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politics
In Iramba, a district council is elected every five years. The chair is Simion Tiyosera (as of 2020)
.Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 2 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed June 20, 2020 .
- ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb36-2 , accessed June 20, 2020 (Russian).
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 5–7 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ^ John IB Kitto: Historia ya Wanyiramba (History of Iramba). (PDF) pp. 11–12 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ History | Mkalama District Council. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 4–5 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 124 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 9 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 73 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Takwimu | Statistics. Retrieved June 20, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 141, 149 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 99, 101 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 27 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 32–33 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, pp. 35, 41, 49–50 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 132, 135 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 84 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 92 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Iramba District Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) August 2016, p. 95 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Accessed June 21, 2020 (English).