Karagwe (District)

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District 
Karagwe (District) (Tanzania)
Karagwe
Karagwe
Karagwe (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Kagera
surface 4500 km²
Residents 332,020 (2012)
density 74 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-05

Coordinates: 1 ° 43 ′  S , 30 ° 48 ′  E

Karagwe is a district of the Kagera region in Tanzania . The district is bordered by the Missenyi district to the north, the Bukoba and Muleba districts to the east, the Biharamulo and Ngara districts to the south, Rwanda to the west and the Kyerwa district to the northwest .

Landscape near the village of Bugene.

geography

Karagwe has an area of ​​4500 square kilometers and around 330,000 inhabitants. The country is located in the northwest of Tanzania at an altitude of 1200 to 1800 meters above sea level. From the plateau in the east, which is 1200 meters above sea level, the land rises rapidly to 1600 meters. The central part is hilly, criss-crossed by valleys and has elevations of up to 1,800 meters to then drop to the west to the Akagera river on a marshy plain at 1,200 meters above sea level. In the southeast of the district, the Burigisee lies in the middle of the Burigi-Chato National Park . On average, it rains 1040 to 1200 millimeters a year. The precipitation falls in two rainy seasons from September to January and from March to May. The annual average temperature is 26 degrees Celsius.

history

The name Karagwe comes from a hill near the village of Kandegesho, the former center of the district. A kingdom was formed in Karagwe in the 18th century and its heyday was in the 19th century. The king Ndagara ruled from 1820 to 1853 and even then agriculture played a central role. Cows were a measure of wealth and power, but iron processing also played an important role. In 2010 the Karagwe district was divided, the north was made an independent Kyerwa district.

Location of the Karagwe district in the Kagera region.

Administrative division

The district consists of 22 parishes (wards, as of 2012):

  • Igurwa
  • Kanoni
  • Kihanga
  • Kituntu
  • Chanika
  • Kayanga
  • Bugene
  • Ndama
  • Rugera
  • Ihembe
  • Nyaishozi
  • Rugu
  • Nyakasimbi
  • Nyakakika
  • Nyakabanga
  • Bweranyange
  • Kibondo
  • Nyabiyonza
  • Kiruruma
  • Nyakahanga
  • Ihanda
  • Chonyonyo

population

The population decreased due to the separation of the Kyerwa District from 284,137 in 1988 to 201,446 in the 2012 census and then rose to 332,020 in 2012. This increase corresponds to an annual growth of 5 percent and a doubling time of 14 years. In 2012, 63 percent of the over-five-year- olds spoke Swahili , one percent English and ten percent English and Swahili, around a quarter were illiterate.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 118 primary schools and 27 secondary schools in the district, eight of which are privately run (as of 2020).
  • Health: Two hospitals, two health centers and 33 pharmacies are available to provide medical care for the population. The most common diseases are malaria and HIV . The infection rate of AIDS decreased from 7 percent in 1996 to 4.8 percent in 2010.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Agriculture is the main industry. Of the 76,000 households, 61,000 make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Agriculture contributes 70 percent to the district's income. The main crops are bananas, beans, cassava, corn and vegetables. Coffee is mainly grown for sale. In 2012, more than forty percent of households owned farm animals. Mainly chickens and goats were kept.
  • Fishing: There is fishing in the lakes and ponds. On average, 33 tons of fish are produced each year (as of 2019).
  • Trade and Industry: The fast-growing cities of Kayanga, Omurushaka, Njanga, Nyakaiga, Rift, Nyaishozi, Chanyamisa, Nyabiyonza, Nyakabanga and Ihembe are the centers where mainly agricultural products are processed and sold.
  • Roads: The partially asphalted national road T38 runs through the district from Bukoba and Uganda in the north to Ngara and Burundi in the south.

Nature reserves, sights

Forged iron ox from the Kingdom of Karagwe.
  • Burigi-Chato National Park: In the south, the district has a share in this national park established in 2019. Around the Burigisee you can find hippos, elephants, lions and antelopes, as well as over 28 bird species.
  • Art from the Kingdom of Karagwe: The most famous works of art date from the 19th century and are objects of daily use or symbolic cows.

politics

In Karagwe, a district council is elected every five years. The council consists of thirty members and is chaired by Wallace Mashanda (as of 2020) Template: future / in 4 years.

religion

Personalities

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ 18. Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 16 , accessed on June 25, 2020 .
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  4. ↑ a b c d e Historia | KAGERA REGIONAL WEBSITE. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
  5. ^ A b Karagwe - Art & Life in Africa - The University of Iowa Museum of Art. Retrieved June 25, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ a b Kagera Region Investment Guide. (PDF) 2019, p. 15 , accessed on June 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 164 , accessed June 29, 2020 .
  8. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 18th Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 16, 73 , accessed on June 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b c Health | KARAGWE DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
  10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 18th Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 132, 134 , accessed on June 29, 2020 .
  11. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ History | TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Burigi Game Reserve | Caribou East Africa. Retrieved June 29, 2020 (American English).
  14. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Orodha ya Waheshimiwa Madiwani | KARAGWE DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Kyerwa District Council, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  17. ↑ www.itlos.org: Judge James L. Kateka. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .