Kyela (District)

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District 
Kyela (District) (Tanzania)
Kyela
Kyela
Kyela (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Mbeya
surface 1322 km²
Residents 221,490 (2012)
density 168 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-14

Coordinates: 9 ° 33 '  S , 33 ° 48'  E

Kyela is a district in the southwest of Tanzania in the Mbeya region with the administrative center in the city of the same name, Kyela . The district is bordered by the Rungwe District in the north, the Njombe region in the east, Lake Malawi and Malawi in the south, and the Songwe region in the west .

A suspension bridge in Kyela.
Woman in Busoka Village.

geography

The district has an area of ​​1322 square kilometers and around 220,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). The country can be divided into two parts:

  • The lowlands at an altitude between 500 and 1200 meters above sea level. The river valleys, which are often only slightly higher than Lake Malawi in the south, are often flooded in the rainy season.
  • The Livingstone Mountains to the east. They rise steeply from the lakeshore to an altitude of 2,400 meters.

The district is drained into Lake Malawi via the Songwe, Kiwira, Mbaka and Lufilyo rivers. The climate is largely tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . The rainfall falls mainly from November to June with the peak in April. In the lowlands it rains between 1,600 and 2,400 millimeters annually and in the highlands between 1,000 and 2,000 millimeters. The average temperature is 23 degrees Celsius, it is warmer in the lowlands, with November being the warmest month.

history

The district was created in 1972 by dividing the Rungwe district.

Administrative division

Kyela consists of the two divisions Unyakyusa and Ntebela and twenty parishes (wards):

  • Lusungo
  • Macaques
  • Matema
  • Mwaya
  • Ndobo
  • Kajunjumele
  • Bujonde
  • Icon
  • Katumba Songwe
  • Ngana
  • Busale
  • Ipande
  • Ikama
  • Ipinda
  • Ngonga
  • Ikimba
  • Itope
  • Muungano
  • Talatala
  • Kyela

population

The largest ethnic group in the district are the Nyakyusa . The population rose from 135,645 in the 1988 census to 173,830 in 2002 and further to 221,490 in 2102. Thus, the annual growth rose from 1.8 to 2.4 percent. In 2012, more than sixty percent of those over the age of five spoke Swahili and nearly twenty percent spoke Swahili and English. Less than twenty percent were illiterate.

Facilities and services
  • Education: There are 99 primary schools and 26 secondary schools in the district for the education of young people, four of which are privately run.
  • Health: Two hospitals, a health center and 29 pharmacies are available to the population for medical issues.
  • Water: There are many springs in the district. The five water supply systems in Kanga, Ngamanga, Ngana, Makwale and Sinyanga provide 80 percent of the population with safe and clean water (as of 2019).
  • Electricity: Kyela is connected to the national electricity grid. There is also a local power source at the Kiwira coal mine.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the most important branch of the economy, more than a third of the country's area is used for agriculture. There is also industry, trade, tourism and fishing.

  • Agriculture: Around eighty percent of the population live from agriculture. Rice, corn, banana, cassava, beans and peanuts are grown for personal use. Cocoa and palm oil are intended for sale. More than a third of households also have farm animals and raise their income by selling meat, milk, hides and eggs.
  • Natural resources: The three companies TanCoal, Kiwira Coal Mines and Off Route Kiwira mine coal in the district. Oil and gas are also suspected, but not mined (as of 2019).
  • Tourism: On Lake Malawi, tourists will find long sandy beaches with clear fresh water.
  • Port: The port of Itungi on Lake Malawi is a port for passengers where light cargo is also handled.
  • Roads: The main road link is the T10 national road from Mbeya to Malawi, which runs 40 kilometers through the southwest of the district. A small part of the urban roads is asphalted, in the country many roads are gravel and can be used all year round.

politics

In Kyela, a district council is elected every five years. 33 representatives are elected and twelve appointed. Currently 33 council members belong to the “Party of the Revolution” ( CCM ) and twelve to the “Party for Democracy and Progress” ( CHADEMA ). Hunter Mwakifuna is the chair (as of 2020).

Beach on Lake Malawi near Matema.
Malawi cichlid

Attractions

  • Lake Malawi: The northernmost point of the almost 600 km long Lake Malawi is in Kyela. It is known to aquarists because of its endemic more than 1000 cichlids .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mbeya Region Investment Opportunities. (PDF) September 2017, p. 16 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xc36-2. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 15, 2020 (Russian).
  3. ↑ a b KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, p. 4 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Kyela climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kyela weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c History | Kyela District Council. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 114 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, p. 2 , accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
  8. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 16, 73 , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, pp. 19–21 , accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ a b KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, pp. 7–8 , accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ a b KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, pp. 9–10 , accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, pp. 18–19 , accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
  13. ↑ KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, pp. 24–25 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Lake Nyasa Ports. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  15. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  16. ↑ KYELA INVESTMENT PROFILE. (PDF) Kyela District Council, September 2019, p. 5 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Home. Kyela District Council, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Lake Nyasa | Geography, Ecology, & Facts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Rachel David: Why one lake contains more than 1000 species of the same fish. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (American English).