Kwimba (District)

Kwimba District
Location of the Kwimba District in Tanzania
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Mwanza
surface	3903 km²
Residents	406,509 (2012)
density	104 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-18

Coordinates: 3 ° 2 ′  S , 32 ° 59 ′  E

Kwimba is a district in northwest Tanzania in the Mwanza region with the administrative center in the city of Ngudu . The district is bordered by the Magu District to the north, the Simiyu Region to the east, the Shinyanga Region to the south and the Misungwi District to the west .

geography

The district has an area of ​​3,903 square kilometers and around 400,000 inhabitants (2012 census). The country consists largely of a flat highland, which at 1200 meters above sea level is only a little above Lake Victoria . The plain is only broken by a few steep hills. The area is drained via mostly temporary rivers and streams to the northwest into Lake Victoria. The climate is a tropical savannah climate, Aw according to the effective climate classification . There are three seasons. Short rain showers fall from October to December, followed by the long rainy season until May. The months of June to mid-October are very dry. The annual rainfall is between 700 and 1200 millimeters, the temperature between 23 and 33 degrees Celsius.

history

Kwimba is one of the oldest districts in the Mwanza region, which was established in colonial times. In 1973 the district was divided and Magu split off. Another division took place in 1996 when the Misungwi district became independent.

Location of the Kwimba district in the Mwanza region.

Administrative division

The district consists of 30 parishes (wards):

• Walla
• Biungulwa
• Sumve
• Mantars
• Ngulla
• Mwabomba
• Mwagi
• Iseni
• Nyambiti
• Maligisu
• Mwandu
• Malya
• Lyoma
• Mwang'halanga
• Nyamilama
• Mwakilyambiti
• Hungumalwa
• Mwamala
• Kikubiji
• Mhande
• Bupamwa
• Fukalo
• Ng'hundi
• Igongwa
• Ngudu
• Bugando
• Nkalalo
• Mwankulwe
• Ilula
• Shilembo

population The population rose from 314,925 in 2002 to 406,509 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of 2.6 percent. In 2012, over half of the over-five-year-olds spoke Swahili, almost ten percent Swahili and English, and 38 percent were illiterate. Facilities and services

• Education: The education system in Kwimba provides for two years of pre-school and seven years of elementary school. Afterwards, young people can attend secondary school level 1 (junior level) for four years and level 2 (advanced level) for two years. In 2016, 141 pre-schools, 151 elementary schools and 31 secondary schools were available. In the primary school, one teacher taught 61 students. In secondary schools there were 852 teachers for every 12,417 pupils, which corresponds to a ratio of 15: 1.
• Health: The population receives medical care from two hospitals, six health centers and 46 pharmacies (as of 2016).
• Water: In 2016, 54 percent of the population was supplied with clean and safe water.

Economy and Infrastructure The most important branch of the economy is agriculture, it contributes eighty percent of the national product. Agriculture: The main crops for self-sufficiency are corn, rice, cassava, sweet potato and millet. Cotton, rice, sunflowers and peas are grown for sale. 62 percent of the processing is done with a team of oxen and 37 percent manually. Less than one percent is machined with tractors or motorized milling machines. There are poor harvests because of the increasing drought. Over ninety percent of rural households own farm animals, especially poultry and goats (as of 2012). Trade and commerce: Eight percent of the population is engaged in trade and commerce. In 2016, four medium-sized companies were active in the district. All of them dealt with processing cotton, three also had oil presses. The small businesses were mainly flour mills, carpenters and tailors. Railway: The northern branch line of the Tanganyika Railway runs through the district from Tabora to Mwanza. Roads: The main road connection is the T8 national road, which connects Shinyanga in the south with Mwanza in the north.

politics

In Kwimba, a district council is elected every 5 years. The presidents since the constituency was established in 1984 have been:

No.	Surname	from	to
1	Cansio Walwa	1984	1988
2	Edward Mabula Maheloa	1988	1991
3	Alexander Wangaluke Masunzu	1991	1995
4th	John Mange Mayunga	1995	1997
5	Arbogast Masami Godogodo	1997	2000
6th	Anthony Swagi	2000	2010
7th	Zephania P. Masangu	2010	2015
8th	Peter Lucas Ngasa	2015

In the 2019 election, Peter Lucas Ngasa was re-elected. Of the 29 district councils, 26 belong to the “Party of the Revolution” ( CCM ) and three to the “Party for Democracy and Progress” ( CHADEMA ). Of the ten special seats, nine went to CCM and one to CHADEMA.

Web links

• Kwimba District

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Tanzania Regional Profiles, 19 Mwanza Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 17 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa36-4. Russian Army Maps, accessed April 15, 2020 (Russian). 
3. ↑ Climate Mwanza: Temperature, climate graph, Climate table for Mwanza - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved April 15, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} History | Kwimba District Council. Retrieved April 15, 2020 . 
5. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, pp. 149, 199 , accessed April 15, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Kwimba Strategic Plan 2016–2021. (PDF) December 2017, pp. 20–22, 25 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Kwimba Strategic Plan 2016–2021. (PDF) December 2017, p. 29 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Kwimba Strategic Plan 2016–2021. (PDF) December 2017, p. 27 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Kwimba Strategic Plan 2016–2021. (PDF) December 2017, pp. 14–15 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 19 Mwanza Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 129 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Kwimba Strategic Plan 2016–2021. (PDF) December 2017, pp. 16–17 , accessed on April 15, 2020 . 
12. ^ Trunk Roads Network. Retrieved April 15, 2020 . 
13. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved April 15, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Orodha ya wenyeviti wa Halmashauri | Kwimba District Council. Retrieved April 15, 2020 (Swahili).