Kilindi (District)

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District 
Kilindi (District) (Tanzania)
Kilindi
Kilindi
Kilindi (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region tanga
surface 6129 km²
Residents 236,833 (2012)
density 39 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-25

Coordinates: 4 ° 7 ′  S , 34 ° 30 ′  E

Kilindi is a district in the Tanga region in Tanzania with the administrative headquarters in Songe . The district borders the Manyara region to the west and north, the Handeni district to the east, the Pwani region to the southeast and the Morogoro region to the south .

Location of Kilindi District in Tanga Region.

geography

Kilindi has an area of ​​6,129 square kilometers and around 240,000 inhabitants (2012 census). The country is at an altitude of 300 to 1700 meters. It rises hilly from a plain in the east to the Tanzanian plateau and to the west to the Nguru Mountains . The climate in the district is dry to semi-arid. In the east it rains 800 to 1000 millimeters annually, on the central plateau 400 to 800 millimeters and in the northwest only 400 to 500 millimeters per year. The irregular rainfall falls in two rainy seasons. There are short showers from October to January, longer it rains from February to June. The average temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. It is coolest from May to June with 13 degrees, the warmest with 30 degrees Celsius in the months of August to February. An analysis of the data from 1986 to 2016 shows that precipitation is decreasing and temperatures are increasing.

history

Kilindi was declared an independent district in 2003.

Administrative division

The district consists of twenty parishes (Wards, as of 2012):

  • Lwande
  • Kikunde
  • Songe
  • Pagwi
  • Masagulu
  • Kimbe
  • Kilindi
  • Negero
  • Mkindi
  • Mvungwe
  • Kwediboma
  • Saunyi
  • Jaila
  • Msanja
  • Kisangasa
  • Mabalanga
  • Kibirashi
  • Kilwa
  • Tunguli
  • Kwekivu

population

The population rose from 143,792 in the 2002 census to 236,833 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of five percent and a doubling time of 14 years. Of those over the age of five, 48 percent spoke Swahili, four percent English and Swahili, and 47 percent were illiterate (as of 2012).

Facilities and services
  • Education: There are 111 elementary schools and 22 high schools in the district.
  • Health: A hospital, three health centers and 33 pharmacies provide medical care for the population.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Agriculture is the main industry in the district. Arable farming is mainly carried out by small farmers. The main crops are corn, beans, sunflowers, cassava, sweet potatoes, millet, mangoes, bananas and sugar cane. Cashew nuts and drought-resistant peas have also been grown recently (as of 2020). In 2012, 39,000 of the 55,000 households were engaged in arable farming and 21,000 also kept livestock. The most common were poultry, goats and cattle.
  • Roads: There are no national roads in the district, the regional roads are not paved.

politics

In Kilindi, a district council is elected every five years. The Council is chaired by Mussa M. Semdoe (as of 2020).Template: future / in 4 years

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on July 3, 2020 .
  2. ^ Tanga Region Investment Profiles. Pp. 19–21 , accessed on July 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Maps for the world, Map 500k - xb37-1. Retrieved July 3, 2020 (Russian).
  4. ↑ a b Henry G. Mung'ong'o, milline J. Mbonile and Faustin P. Maganga: Innovative pathways for enhancing climate change and variability resilience among agro-pastoral communities in semi-arid areas of Kiteto and Kilindi Districts, Tanzania. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, May 2019, pp. 203-204 , accessed July 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Henry G. Mung'ong'o, milline J. Mbonile and Faustin P. Maganga: Innovative pathways for enhancing climate change and variability resilience among agro-pastoral communities in semi-arid areas of Kiteto and Kilindi Districts, Tanzania. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, May 2019, pp. 208-211 , accessed July 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 51 , accessed on July 5, 2020 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 75 , accessed on July 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Takwimu | Statistics. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Henry G. Mung'ong'o, milline J. Mbonile and Faustin P. Maganga: Innovative pathways for enhancing climate change and variability resilience among agro-pastoral communities in semi-arid areas of Kiteto and Kilindi Districts, Tanzania. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, May 2019, p. 205 , accessed July 6, 2020 .
  10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 131, 133, 136 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  11. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. March 2018, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on July 3, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .