Kiteto (District)

Kiteto District
Location of the Kiteto district in Tanzania
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Manyara
surface	16,685 km²
Residents	244,669 (2012)
density	15 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-26

Coordinates: 5 ° 52 ′  S , 36 ° 34 ′  E

Kiteto is a district of the Manyara region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the city of Kibaya . The district borders in the north on the district Simanjiro , in the east on the Tanga region , in the south and west on the Dodoma region .

geography

Kiteto has an area of ​​16,685 square kilometers and around 250,000 inhabitants. The land lies between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level on the Northern Plateau of Tanzania. The climate is a local steppe climate, BSh according to the effective climate classification . The annual amount of precipitation is low and lies between 500 and 650 millimeters. It rains mostly between December and April, from June to September it is very dry, so there are hardly any permanent rivers. The temperature is between 16 degrees Celsius in July and 21 degrees in December.

Location of the Kiteto district in the Manyara region.

history

In 1974 the area came to the Arusha region and in 1993 it was divided into the two districts of Simanjiro and Kiteto. In 2002 Kiteto became a district of the newly established Manyara region.

Administrative division

The Kiteto district is divided into 19 parishes (wards) (as of 2012):

• Kibaya
• Partimbo
• Njoro
• Olboloti
• Makame
• Ndedo
• Kijungu
• Length file
• Sunya
• Dongo
• Song amble
• Dosidosi
• Engusero
• Matui
• Bwagamoyo
• Loolera
• Magungu
• Chapakazi
• Namelock

population The largest ethnic groups are the Maasai (32%), the Gogo (27%) and the Rangi (18%). The population rose from 152,296 in 2002 to 244,669 in the 2012 census. This corresponds to an annual growth of 4.7 percent or a doubling time of less than 15 years. Around half of the over-five-year-olds spoke Swahili, five percent spoke Swahili and English, and almost half were illiterate. Facilities and services

• Education: In the 2017/2018 school year, 722 teachers at 90 primary schools taught 51,000 students. Three of these schools were private schools. Of the 20 secondary schools, two were private and eighteen state-run. Almost 300 teachers were available for 5000 students.
• Health: The district has one hospital, three health centers and 28 pharmacies.
• Water: In 2018, 37 percent of the population received safe and clean water within 400 meters:

Water source	number	functioning
Borehole	84	58
natural source	6th	6th
Rainwater	80	75

Economy and Infrastructure In 2012, 40,000 of the 50,000 households were engaged in arable farming and livestock. Agriculture: Of the total area of ​​1.7 million hectares, 382,000 hectares are arable land, of which 215,000 hectares are cultivated (as of 2018). Mainly maize is grown for self-sufficiency, along with millet, cassava and sweet potato. Sunflowers, beans and vegetables are intended for sale. 85 percent of the fields are cultivated by tractor, nine percent by hand and six percent with a team of oxen. Around 40 percent of all households owned farm animals. Mostly cattle and goats were kept (as of 2012). Mining: Rubies are found in Kiteto. Roads: There are no national roads running through the district. Of the total of 1,000 kilometers of roads, three kilometers are paved and around 200 kilometers are gravel. The rest are dirt roads that are difficult to pass in the rainy season (as of 2018).

politics

A district council is elected every 5 years in the district. The current chairman is Lailumbe Mollel (as of 2020).

Attractions

• Suledo Forest: In 1993 the Tanzanian government declared the 167,400 hectare Suledo Forest a reserve. The aim was to curb the overexploitation of these miombo forests. In 2002 this project won the Equator Prize.

Others

• Kiteto is the bishopric of the Anglican Church .
• Partnership: The Anglican Church of Leicester has a partnership with the Diocese of Kiteto.

Web links

• Kiteto District Council

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Tanzania Regional Profiles, 21 Manyara Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Kibaya climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kibaya weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
3. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb37-1 , accessed April 29, 2020 (Russian). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} History | Kiteto District Council. Retrieved April 29, 2020 (Swahili). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, pp. 1–2 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 196 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 21 Manyara Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 68 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, pp. 12-13 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, pp. 16-13 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, p. 21 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, pp. 27–28 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 21 Manyara Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 118 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, pp. 29–30 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 21 Manyara Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 120, 123 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Kiteto District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
16. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) The Kiteto District Council, June 2018, p. 32 , accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
18. ^ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on April 26, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Suledo Forest community. (PDF) United Nations Development Program, 2012, p. 3 , accessed April 29, 2020 . 
21. ^ Anglican Communion Office: Anglican Communion: Diocese. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
22. ^ Diocese of Leicester | Kiteto and Kilimanjaro. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .