Kibaha (District)

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Kibaha District
Location of the Kibaha District in Tanzania
Location of the Kibaha District in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Pwani
surface 1812 km²
Residents 198,697 (2012)
density 110 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-19

Coordinates: 6 ° 47 '  S , 38 ° 55'  E

Kibaha is a district of the Pwani region in Tanzania with the administrative seat in the city of Kibaha , which is also the capital of the region. The district is bordered by the Bagamoyo district to the north, the Dar es Salaam region to the east, the Kisarawe district to the south and the Morogoro region to the west .

Landscape near the city of Kibaha

geography

The district has a size of 1812 square kilometers and 198,697 inhabitants (as of 2012). Most of the land lies at a height of 160 to 180 meters above sea level. It is flat with a few small hills and valleys. The climate is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . In the two rainy seasons, one in November / December and the second in March / April, around 700 to 800 millimeters of rain fall annually. The average temperature is 29.7 degrees Celsius.

history

The name comes from the word "Kibaha", which means "here it is" in the Zaramo language .

Location of Kibaha District in the Pwani Region (before the division of Rufiji)

Administrative division

The district consists of the two councils Kibaha City (Kibaha TC, Town Council) and Kibaha (Kibaha DC, District Council) and 22 parishes (wards):

Kibaha MC

  • Pangani
  • Maili Moja
  • Tumbi
  • Picha ya Ndege
  • Mkuza
  • Kibaha
  • Msangani
  • Kongowe
  • Misugusugu
  • Visiga
  • Mbwawa

Kibaha DC

  • Gwata
  • Dutumi
  • Magindu
  • Soga
  • Kikongo
  • Ruvu
  • Mlandizi
  • Kwala
  • Kilangalanga
  • Janga
  • Bokomnemela

population

The population increased in the Land Council from 2002 to 2012 by 2.7 percent annually, in the City Council by 5.0 percent, which corresponds to a doubling rate of 13.8 years.

Council Residents

1988

Residents

2002

Residents

2012

Kibaha land 81,952 53,411 70.209
Kibaha city - 77,831 128,488

In 2012, 61 percent of those over five in rural areas spoke Swahili and nine percent spoke Swahili and English, in urban areas 64 percent and 22 percent spoke. The illiteracy rate was 24 percent in rural areas and 13 percent in urban areas.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 76 primary schools in the district, 39 in the city council and 37 in the rural council, as well as 21 secondary schools, thirteen in the city and eight in the countryside (accessed 2020).
  • Health: Three health centers and 24 pharmacies are available in Kibaha for the medical care of the population.
  • Energy supply: Although the majority of the district is supplied with electrical energy, seventy percent of the population use petroleum for lighting because they cannot afford the electricity connection (as of 2017).

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: The most important branch of the economy is agriculture, which is mainly operated for self-sufficiency. Cassava, rice, sorghum and corn are grown for personal use, and cashews, coconuts, oranges, mango, vegetables and watermelons are also grown for sale. The cashew nut harvest increased from 50 tons to 845 tons between 2011 and 2016, and that of mango from 620 tons to 4270 tons in the same period. Around eighty percent of the rural population and twenty percent of the urban population kept farm animals (as of 2012). In 2017, 160,000 chickens and 50,000 cattle were counted.
  • Forestry: There are 100,000 hectares of forest in the district, of which twenty hectares have been reforested. One source of income in forest management is beekeeping. Honey production increased from 1000 liters in 2008 to 2000 liters in 2014.
  • Trade and industry: There is only small industry in the district, mostly for the processing of agricultural products such as flour mills, fruit juice and spice production or wood processing.
  • Railway: The Tanganyika Railway from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma runs through Mpiji Village, Soga, Rufu and Kwala. From there, a branch line branches off in Kikongo to the Disunyara industrial park.
  • Roads: In addition to the main road from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, which runs through the district, there are 58 kilometers of gravel roads and 270 kilometers of unpaved roads, which are mostly accessible all year round because of the flat terrain.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 06 Pwani Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on February 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Pwani Region, Investment Guide, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  3. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, pp. 6–7 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Kibaha climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kibaha weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Historia ya Wilaya | Kibaha District Council. Retrieved February 20, 2020 (Swahili).
  6. ^ Kibaha Town Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) p. 4 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  7. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, p. 3 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 2012 Polulation and Housing Census. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, pp. 67, 72 , accessed on February 19, 2020 .
  9. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 06 Pwani Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 74 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  10. ↑ District Council, Takwimu (Statistics). Retrieved February 20, 2020 (Swahili).
  11. ↑ Town Council Takwimu (Statistics). Retrieved February 20, 2020 (Swahili).
  12. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, p. 19 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  13. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, p. 17 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  14. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 06 Pwani Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 130 , accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  15. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, pp. 9, 11 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  16. ^ Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, p. 13 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  17. ^ A b c Kibaha District Council, Investment Profile. (PDF) July 2017, pp. 15–16 , accessed on February 21, 2020 .