Karatu (district)

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Karatu District
Location of the Karatu District in Tanzania
Location of the Karatu District in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Arusha
surface 3300 km²
Residents 230,166 (2012)
density 70 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-01

Coordinates: 3 ° 21 ′  S , 35 ° 40 ′  E

Karatu is a district in the Tanzanian region of Arusha with the capital Karatu. It is bordered by the Ngorongoro District to the north, the Monduli District to the east, the Manyara region to the south, the Singida region to the southwest and the Shinyanga region to the west .

Manyara lake
Location of the Karatu district in the Arusha region

geography

The district is 3300 square kilometers and has around 230,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). Karatu lies between Lake Eyasi in the west and Lake Manyara in the east and is bordered by high mountains in the north. To the west of Lake Manyara, a crevice of the East African Rift runs through the district, to the east of Lake Eyasi lies the plain of the Yaeda Valley. According to the altitude, the district is divided into three zones:

  • Highlands: It is located in the north, in the border area with Ngorongoro, at an altitude between 1400 and 2000 meters above sea level and has annual rainfall of 600 to 800 millimeters.
  • Middle zone: This zone is 900 to 1400 meters above sea level and has over 600 millimeters of rain per year.
  • Great Plain: In the Eyasi Basin there is only a little more than 300 millimeters of precipitation annually.

There are four seasons: November and December have short showers, and January to March is hot and dry. This is followed by longer rains until mid-May, followed by a long dry and cold period until October.

history

Karatu was promoted to a district in 1997.

Street scene in Karatu

Administrative division

The district is divided into four districts: Mbulumbulu , Eyasi , Karatu and Endabash . These are divided into sixteen parishes (wards):

  • Akheri
  • Kikatiti
  • Kikwe
  • King'ori
  • Leguruki
  • Maji ya chai
  • Makiba
  • Maroroni
  • Mbuguni
  • Ngarenanyuki
  • Nkoanrua
  • Nkoaranga
  • Nkoarisambu
  • Poli
  • Seela Sing'isi
  • Songoro
  • Usa River

population

Karatu is mainly inhabited by the Iraqw ethnic group , minorities are Barbaigs and Hadza . In 2012 the literacy rate in the district was 82.7 percent; it was only slightly higher for men than for women. In the ten years from 2002 to 2012, the literacy rate rose by 17.3 percent.

Facilities and services

education

In the Karatu district, 86.5 percent of 7 to 13-year-olds attended school, school attendance for boys in the countryside was relatively low at 83.8 percent, and especially high for boys in the city at 98.3 percent (as of 2012).

health

Seven percent of the population had social security (as of 2012).

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2012, 53 percent of those over the age of ten were gainfully employed, 22 percent worked in the household, 16 percent were schoolchildren or students, four percent were unemployed and five percent were unable to work. 58 percent of households had a radio and 6 percent a television. 72 percent had a mobile phone and two percent had a car.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the most important economic factor in the district. Of the 45,000 households in 2012, more than 30,000 made a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. 97.3 percent of households in rural areas were employed in agriculture. Karatu has about 100,000 hectares of arable land. Of this, 48,000 hectares of staple food were grown in the 2015/2016 season, mainly maize, beans and millet. Another 28,000 hectares were used to cultivate coffee, onions, wheat, barley, peas and sunflowers, which were intended for sale. In the district, over 800,000 animals, mainly cattle and goats, were kept on 156,000 hectares of pasture land. Milk production was 2,980,000 liters per year (as of 2016).

Source: Karatu Investment Profile

traffic

Road T17, in the background Lake Manyara

The T17 national road, the direct connection from Arusha to Mwanza and Musoma , runs through the north of the district . The road network in the district has a length of 713 kilometers, of which 253 kilometers are regional roads. Of the regional roads, 52 kilometers are paved, 76 kilometers are gravel, the rest are dirt roads.

telecommunications

There are four cell phone providers in Karatu.

Pelicans at Lake Eyasi

tourism

  • Lake Manyara National Park : This park has a size of 648 square kilometers. It has a diverse vegetation from savannah to marshland to rainforest. He is known for a large number of different mammals.
  • Eyasisee: The outflow-free lake is about 1000 square kilometers in size, but changes its size depending on the season and rainfall. The lake shore consists of purple lava that surrounds a wide strip of white limestone. In the breeding season from June to November, large flocks of flamingos and pelicans populate the lake.
  • Endoro Waterfalls: The district borders the Ngorongoro Nature Reserve in the north , where the waterfalls are in untouched nature and can only be reached on foot.

Others

Meteorite karatu

A 2.22 kilogram heavy meteorite fell in the district in 1963. It was given the official name "Karatu".

Personalities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Karatu District Council, History. The United Republic of Tanzania, accessed October 27, 2019 .
  3. ^ Karatu District Council Investment Profile. (pdf) November 2016, p. 2 , accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 2012 Population and Housung Census. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 30 , accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 68 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 81 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 124 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 92 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, pp. 121–122 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 02. Arusha Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 125 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .
  11. ^ A b Karatu District Council Investment Profile. (pdf) November 2016, pp. 15–16 , accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Mapcarta, Karatu. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2019, p. 8 , accessed October 29, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Lonely Planet, Welcome to Lake Manyara National Park. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Lonely Planet, Lake Eyasi. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  16. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Lake Eyasi. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Endoro Falls Walking. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Karatu. The Meteoritical Society, accessed October 28, 2019 .
  19. ^ Filbert Bayi Bio, Stats, and Results. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .