Kishapu (District)

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Kishapu District
Kishapu (District) (Tanzania)
Kishapu
Kishapu
Kishapu (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Shinyanga
surface 4333 km²
Residents 272,900 (2012)
density 63 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-22

Coordinates: 3 ° 41 ′  S , 33 ° 25 ′  E

Kishapu is one of the three districts of the Shinyanga region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the city of Kishapu . The district borders on the Mwanza region in the northwest , the Simiyu region in the northeast , the Tabora region in the south and the Shinyanga district in the west .

geography

Kishapu has a size of 4333 square kilometers and 272,900 inhabitants (as of 2012). The district lies on a high plateau between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level. The climate is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . The precipitation of 450 to 880 millimeters per year falls mostly from November to April, from June to September it hardly rains. The average temperature is 23.5 degrees Celsius.

history

The district was created in 2002 by dividing the Shinyanga district.

Location of the Kishapu district in the Shinyanga region

Administrative division

The district is divided into 20 parishes (wards):

  • Bunambiyu
  • Bubiki
  • Songwa
  • Seke-Bugoro
  • Mondo
  • Mwadui Luhumbo
  • Uchunga
  • Kishapu
  • Mwakipoya
  • Shagihilu
  • Somagedi
  • Mwamalasa
  • Masanga
  • Lagana
  • Mwamashele
  • Ngofila
  • Kiloleli
  • Ukenyenge
  • Talaga
  • Itilima

population

The population rose from 239,305 in 2002 to 272,900 in 2012. During the same period, the literacy rate of those over fifteen rose from 61 to 69 percent. Of those over five years of age, 56 percent could read and write Swahili, five percent English and Swahili.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 122 elementary schools in the district, 119 public and three private. In 2017, just over fifty percent of the teachers needed were available, 943 teachers were missing.
  • Health: The district has two hospitals, four health centers and 53 pharmacies.
  • Water: In 2016/2017, 51.6 percent of the population had access to clean and safe water.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Livestock is the most important economic activity, almost every household has livestock. The animals kept most frequently are chickens, cattle and goats (as of 2019). Since there is little rainfall, agriculture is only possible with plants that require little water.
  • Beekeeping: 61 groups and individuals produced 1,174 kilograms of honey (as of 2019).
  • Mining: In Mwadui Luhumbo, diamonds have been found in open-cast mining since 1940 . Petra Diamonds has operated the Williamson Mine since 2009. In 2019, 399,615 carats of diamonds were mined.
Diamond mine at Mwadui
  • Railway: The north of the district is touched by the Tanganyika Railway from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza .
  • Roads: The national road T8 runs through the northern part of the district from Shinyanga to Mwanza.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 17. Shinyanga Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 15 , accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  3. ^ Andina Auria, Dwi Putri, Demetrius L Kweka: The Case of Ngitilis in the Shinyanga Region, Tanzania. In: REDD + on the ground. Center for International Forestry Research., 2014, accessed January 27, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Livestock and Fishing | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Kishapu climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kishapu weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (pdf) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 158 , accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 17th Shinyanga Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 67, 70 , accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Primary Education | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ Statistics | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Water | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Livestock and Fishing | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  12. ^ Agriculture and Co-operative | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ufugaji Nyuki | Kishapu District Council. Retrieved January 26, 2020 (Swahili).
  14. ↑ Williamson Diamond Mines, Mwadui Luhumbo, Kishapu District, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Petra Diamonds | Williamson. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  16. ^ Trunk Roads Network. (PDF) Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  17. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .