Kilombero (District)

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Kilombero District
Location of Kilombero District in Tanzania
Location of Kilombero District in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Morogoro
surface 11,025 km²
Residents 407,880 (2012)
density 37 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-16

Coordinates: 8 ° 33 '  S , 36 ° 1'  E

Kilombero is a district of the Morogoro region in Tanzania with the administrative headquarters in Ifakara . It borders the Iringa region in the northwest, the Kilosa and Morogoro districts in the north, the Lindi region in the east, the Ulanga district in the southeast, the Malinyi district in the south and the Njombe region in the west .

View of the valley of the Kilombero river

geography

The district has an area of ​​11,025 square kilometers and 407,880 inhabitants (as of 2012). In the southeast it is bounded by the Kilombero River and in the northwest by the Udzungwa Mountains , which reach heights of up to 1700 meters above sea level. The Kilombero Valley and the Rufiji Basin make up most of the country.

The climate in Kilombero is tropical, according to the effective climate classification a tropical monsoon climate called Am. Every year, an average of 1200 to 1400 millimeters of rain falls, in some parts of the country even more. With the exception of a short period of low precipitation from July to September, precipitation falls throughout the year. The peak of the rainy season is in April and May.

history

Kilombero was established as a district in 1984.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 35 parishes (wards):

  • Chisano
  • Chita
  • Idete
  • Ifakara
  • Kibaoni
  • Mang'ula B
  • Katindiuka
  • Namwawala
  • Kiberege
  • Kidatu
  • Kisawasawa
  • Lumemo
  • Mang'ula
  • Mwaya
  • Mlabani
  • Mngeta
  • Masagati
  • Mbingu
  • Mchombe
  • Mkula
  • signal
  • Viwanja sitini
  • Igima
  • Mofu
  • Sanje
  • Uchindile
  • Utengule
  • Msolwa Station
  • Michenga
  • Lipangalala
  • Mbasa
  • Ching'anda
  • Kalengakelo
  • Kamwene

population

Kilombero is mainly of Bantu origin Ndamba, Mbunga and ngindo people inhabited. In 1988 the district had 187,593 inhabitants. The increase to 407,880 inhabitants in 2012 corresponds to an increase of 71 percent. Of the people aged five and over, 68 percent spoke Swahili, ten percent English and Swahili, and 22 percent were illiterate (as of 2012).

Facilities and services
  • Education: The literacy rate increased from 75 percent in 2002 to 83 percent in 2012. In 2012, thirty percent of the population currently attended school, eight percent had dropped out of school, 44 percent had completed school and eighteen percent had never attended school.
  • Health: Although child mortality is falling, it is still high with 123 deaths per 10,000 births (as of 2012).
  • Water: In 2012, 63 percent of the population had access to safe and purified water.

Economy and Infrastructure

Almost a third of households used charcoal and two thirds wood for cooking, and less than two percent cooked with electrical energy. 65 percent owned a radio, ten percent a television set, 61 percent a bicycle and one percent a car (as of 2012).

  • Agriculture: Around eighty percent of the population live from agriculture. Rice, corn, peas and bananas are mainly grown for personal consumption, while sugar cane, sesame seeds, sunflowers and cocoa are intended for sale. Almost half of the farmers kept livestock, most commonly poultry and cattle.
  • Railway: The railway line operated by Tanzania-Zambia Railway from Dar es Salaam via Mbeya to the neighboring country of Zambia has a train station in the district capital Ifakara.
  • Road: Ifakar is connected to Mikumi by the T18 national road, where the T1 national road runs from Dar es Salaam to Zambia.
Side street in Ifakara
Ferry across the Kilombero River

Attractions

  • Udzungwa Mountains National Park : The total of 1900 square kilometers in the Udzungwa Mountains lies on the border with the Iringa region. Ten species of primates and also the rare elephant shrew, as well as buffalo, leopard, hippopotamus, elephant and crocodile, live on the heavily forested mountain slopes.
  • Selous game reserve: In the east, the district has a share of the 50,000 square kilometer Selous game reserve, which, in addition to the rare wild dogs, is also home to large herds of elephants and wildebeest.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home | KILOMBERO DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved November 24, 2019 (Swahili).
  2. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04 Morogoro Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on November 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Kilombero District Council, Strategic Plan 2013/14 - 2017/18. (pdf) United Republic of Tanzania, Regional Administration, p. 12 , accessed on November 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kilombero climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kilombero weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Hali ya hewa | KILOMBERO DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved November 24, 2019 (Swahili).
  6. ↑ Kilombero District Council, Strategic Plan 2013/14 - 2017/18. (pdf) United Republic of Tanzania, Regional Administration, p. 14 , accessed on November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Historia kwa ufupi | KILOMBERO DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved November 24, 2019 (Swahili).
  8. ↑ a b Kilombero District Council, Strategic Plan 2013/14 - 2017/18. (pdf) United Republic of Tanzania, Regional Administration, p. 13 , accessed November 25, 2019 .
  9. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04. Morogoro Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 16, 72 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04. Morogoro Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 68 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  11. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04. Morogoro Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 79 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b Kilombero District Council, Strategic Plan 2013/14 - 2017/18. (pdf) United Republic of Tanzania, Regional Administration, pp. 17-18 , accessed November 25, 2019 .
  13. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04. Morogoro Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 118, 125 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  14. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 04. Morogoro Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 130, 133 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  15. ↑ TAZARA | Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  16. ^ Tanzania, Trunk Road Network. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, accessed November 25, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (pdf) The Uniteed Republic of Tanzania, June 2019, pp. 8–9 , accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Udzungwa Mountains National Park travel. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Top 10 Best National Parks in Tanzania - Overview | Bookmundi. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .