Kahama (district)

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Kahama District
Kahama (District) (Tanzania)
Kahama
Kahama
Kahama (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Shinyanga
surface 9463 km²
Residents 766,010 (2012)
density 81 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-22

Coordinates: 3 ° 50 ′  S , 32 ° 35 ′  E

Kahama is one of the three districts of the Shinyanga region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the city of Kahama . The district borders on the Geita region to the north, the Shinyanga district to the east, and the Tabora region to the south and west .

geography

The district has a size of 9463 square kilometers and 766,010 inhabitants (as of 2012). It is located south of Lake Victoria in the northwest of Tanzania at an altitude of 1000 to 1500 meters above sea level. The climate in Kahama is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . The precipitation of 750 to 1000 millimeters per year falls mostly in the months of October to the beginning of May, but is very irregular. The average temperature is fairly constant between 21 and 26 degrees Celsius.

history

Kahama was founded in 1963 when the Shinyanga region was founded.

Location of the Kahama Town Council in the Shinyanga region
Location of the Msala (eastern) and Ushetu (western part) councils in the Shinyanga region

Administrative division

The district consists of the 3 councils Kahama Town Council, Msalala District Council and Ushetu District Council, as well as a total of 56 parishes (wards). The former District Council "Kahama Rural" was split into the Councils Msalala and Ushetu in November 2012:

Kahama Town Council

  • Ngogwa
  • Wendele
  • Kinaga
  • Isagehe
  • Mondo
  • Kagongwa
  • Nyahanga
  • Malunga
  • Mhongolo
  • Mwendakulima
  • Zongomera
  • Mhungula
  • Nyihogo
  • Nyasubi
  • Kahama Mjini
  • Majengo
  • Busoka
  • Kilago
  • Iyenze
  • Nyandekwa

Msalala District Council

  • Bulyanhulu
  • Bugarama
  • Lunguya
  • Shilela
  • Segese
  • Mega
  • Chela
  • Busangi
  • Ntobo
  • Ngaya
  • Bulige
  • Kashishi
  • Mwanase
  • Mwalugulu
  • Jana
  • Isaka

Ushetu District Council

  • Chona
  • Chambo
  • Ukune
  • Mpunze
  • Igunda
  • Mapamba
  • Kisuke
  • Kinamapula
  • Bukomela
  • Sabasabini
  • Idahina
  • Igwamanoni
  • Uyogo
  • Ulowa
  • Ushetu
  • Ubagwe
  • Bulungwa
  • Nyankende
  • Ulewe
  • Nyamilangano

population

The population rose from 594,891 in 2002 to 766,010 in 2012. The increase was particularly strong in the Town Council, where the population doubled in these ten years.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are a total of 94 primary schools and 15 secondary schools in the Msalala District Council. 91 of the primary schools are state schools. The education system suffers from a lack of classrooms and teachers, so there are 49 students for one teacher in Ushetu. Between 2002 and 2012, the number of illiterate people over the age of fifteen fell from 32 to 21 percent in urban areas and from 48 to 39 percent in rural areas. The proportion of the English-speaking population in particular was higher in the city.
  • Water: At the beginning of the 21st century, a water pipeline was built from Lake Victoria to Kahama to provide drinking water. The water is pumped through pipes with a diameter of 700 to 1200 millimeters into a main storage facility at Ihelele. From there the water flows into an eighteen million liter reservoir near the city of Kahama. The supply of safe and clean drinking water in rural Ushetu Council was below 50 percent in 2013.
Town Council
District Council

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: In 2012 three quarters of the rural population and half of the urban population were employed in agriculture. The main crops were rice, corn and cotton, and the Ushetu District Council also grew tobacco, millet and sweet potato. Sixty percent of rural households and one-third in the city also had pets, especially cattle and poultry.
  • Trade and industry: There are mainly small businesses such as grain and oil mills or carpenters, blacksmiths and tailors. The number of businesses in the Ushetu District Council increased from 51 in 2005 to 102 in 2013.
Opencast gold mining
  • Mining: The company Barrick Gold has been mining in Bulyanhulu since 2011 . In 2019, 765 kilograms of gold were extracted here.
  • Railway: The northern branch of the Tanganyika Railway , which branches off the main line in Tabora and leads to Mwanza , has a train station in the city of Isaka .
  • Roads: The main road link in the district is the T3 national road, which branches off the T8 national road in Tinde and leads west through the cities of Isaka and Kahama.

Attractions

  • Kigosi Game Reserve: This 7,000 square kilometer game reserve, which also includes parts of the Tabora region, was established in 1983. It offers hunting, animal and especially bird watching.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  5. ↑ Kahama climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kahama weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Strategic Plan Ushetu District Council, 2013 / 2014–2017 / 2018. (PDF) p. 10 , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ History | Shinyanga region. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, pp. 160–161 , accessed on March 9, 2020 .
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  10. ↑ Huduma za Elimu | Msalala District Council. Retrieved March 11, 2020 (Swahili).
  11. ↑ Strategic Plan Ushetu District Council, 2013 / 2014–2017 / 2018. (PDF) p. 21 , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  12. ↑ The Kahama Town Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17-2020 / 21. (PDF) May 2018, p. 27 , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  13. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 17th Shinyanga Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 67, 70 , accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  14. ↑ The Kahama Town Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17-2020 / 21. (PDF) May 2018, pp. 38, 41 , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  15. ^ Tanzania Standard Newspapers Ltd: KASHWASA improves water supply in Shinyanga. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Strategic Plan Ushetu District Council, 2013 / 2014–2017 / 2018. (PDF) p. 22 , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  17. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 17th Shinyanga Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 92 , accessed March 9, 2020 .
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  19. ↑ Kilimo na Ufugaji (Agriculture). Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
  20. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 17th Shinyanga Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 124, 126 , accessed on March 9, 2020 .
  21. ^ Barrick Gold Corporation - Operations - Bulyanhulu. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
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  23. ↑ Buzwagi Gold Mine, Shinyanga. In: Mining Technology | Mining News and Views Updated Daily. Retrieved March 9, 2020 (UK English).
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  28. ↑ Kigosi Game Reserve. In: Tanzania Zalendo. Retrieved March 10, 2020 (American English).