Kongwa (District)

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Kongwa (District) (Tanzania)
Kongwa
Kongwa
Kongwa (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Dodoma
surface 4041 km²
Residents 309,973 (2012)
density 77 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-03

Coordinates: 6 ° 12 ′  S , 36 ° 25 ′  E

Kongwa is a district of the Dodoma region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the city of the same name, Kongwa . The district is bordered to the northeast by the region Manyara , on the east by the region of Morogoro , in the south to the district Mpwapwa and on the west by the district Chamwino .

Landscape in the dry season.

geography

Kongwa has an area of ​​4041 square kilometers and around 310,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). The district is located on a high plateau at an altitude of 900 to 1000 meters above sea level. From this, the Ukaguru Mountains rise steeply to over 2000 meters above sea level. The climate depends heavily on the altitude. It is mainly a dry steppe climate, BSh according to the effective climate classification . The precipitation of 500 to 800 millimeters per year falls mainly in the months from December to April. In the dry season from June to October it hardly rains. The annual average temperature is 26.5 degrees Celsius, the coolest is July at 18 degrees Celsius.

history

In 1909, the Canadian Church Mission Society began building a school for teacher and priest training in the village of Mlanga. Students came from all parts of what was then Tanganyika and from British East Africa (Kenya). Kongwa was established as a district in 1996.

Location of Kongwa District in the Dodoma Region.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 22 parishes (wards) (as of 2012):

  • Kongwa
  • Sejeli
  • Hogoro
  • Zoissa
  • Mkoka
  • Njoge
  • Mtanana
  • Pandambili
  • Mlali
  • Iduo
  • Sagara
  • Kibaigwa
  • Ugogoni
  • Chamoroma
  • Makawa
  • Chitego
  • Matongoro
  • Ngomai
  • Song amble
  • Chiwe
  • Lenjulu
  • Nghumbi

population

The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Wagogo , Wakaguru and the Warangi. The population rose from 248,656 in the census in 2002 to 309,973 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of 2.2 percent. That year, half of those over the age of five spoke Swahili, six percent spoke Swahili and English, and 44 percent were illiterate.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 107 pre-schools and 107 elementary schools in the district. In 2016, 74,000 students were taught by 1,200 teachers in primary schools, making 62 students for one teacher. Of 31 secondary schools, 26 were state-run. These were attended by around 7,000 students, the teacher-student ratio was 1:16.
  • Health: The population receives medical care in a hospital with 120 beds, four state health centers and 45 pharmacies. The most common disease is malaria (as of 2016).
  • Water: In 2016, slightly more than half of the population was supplied with purified and safe water via 52 water supply systems.

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industry is agriculture. In addition, there is little trade and handicraft in the urban areas.

  • Agriculture: Around ninety percent of the 62,000 households are engaged in agriculture. The main crops are corn, sorghum, millet, nuts and sunflowers. A little more than a third of households own farm animals. Mainly chickens, cattle and goats are kept.
  • Trade: Trade is mainly in the cities of Mkoka, Kibaigwa, Pandambili, Kongwa, Mlali and Mbande.
  • Roads: The main road connection in the district is the national road T3 from Dodoma in the west to Morogoro and on to Dar es Salaam in the east. There are also 200 kilometers of regional roads, 440 kilometers of district roads and 670 kilometers of municipal roads.

politics

A district council is elected every 5 years in the district. The chairmanship has been held by White Zuberi Mwanzalila since 2015 (as of 2020).

Others

  • St. Philip College of the Church of England has been a theological training institution since 1914.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Historia ya Kongwa | Kongwa District Council. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (Swahili).
  2. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  3. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb37-3 , accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian).
  4. ^ Social-Economic Profile. (PDF) Kongwa District, August 2016, p. 5 , accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Kongwa climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kongwa weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 20 , accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 71 , accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  8. ^ A b c Social-Economic Profile. (PDF) Kongwa District, August 2016, pp. 29–31 , accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  9. ^ A b Social-Economic Profile. (PDF) Kongwa District, August 2016, p. 13 , accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 01 Dodoma Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  11. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
  12. ^ Social-Economic Profile. (PDF) Kongwa District, August 2016, p. 22 , accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on May 29, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved on May 29, 2020 (English).
  15. ^ St Philips Theological College Kongwa. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .