Ludewa

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Ludewa is one of four districts in the Njombe region in Tanzania, which was founded in 2012 .

Ludewa
location
Basic data
Country Tanzania
Residents 133,218 (2012)
ISO 3166-2 TZ-29

Coordinates: 10 ° 6 ′  S , 34 ° 42 ′  E

Geography and traffic situation

The Ludewa district is one of 4 administrative areas in the Njombe region. It is located in the southern part of the region and borders the Makete District in the north, the Songea District in the east and the Mbinga District in the southwest. The region was spun off from the Iringa region in 2012 and also includes the Makete district and the Njombe district. In 2013, a large new building for the regional administration was built in the city of Njombe. The district and the district town are often referred to as "Rudewa" on maps and satellite images, as the local population has difficulty distinguishing "l" and "r".

The Livingstone Mountains with heights of up to 2600 m traverse the entire district with three mountain ranges. The high valleys are deeply cut. Several small rivers carry water all year round, which can be used in three places by small power plants to generate electricity for island networks (Mavanga, Lugarawa, Mawengi).

The only urban center is the district town of Ludewa with district administration, hospital, power supply from a diesel power station with two generators, police station, banks, internet café, gas station, Catholic and Anglican church, two secondary schools and a large prison farm nearby.

population

The 2012 census (National Population and Housing Census Report) found a population of 133,218, with 47.6% male and 52.3% female populations. Traditionally, the population groups of the Wapangwa , Wakinga , and Wamanda differ . The annual growth rate is estimated at 0.8%. The average household size was 4.4 people.

The power supply takes place in four smaller island grids: state in Ludewa City with connection to villages in the area, as well as private (Catholic Church) in Lugarawa , Mavanga and Mawengi .

61% of the population have access to purified water.

90% of the population work in self-sufficient agriculture ( subsistence farming ).

The Ludewa district in the district town is connected to the telephone network of the Tanzania Telecommunication Company TCCL and is covered almost everywhere by the mobile networks TIGO , Airtel and Vodacom .

Streets

About 1 km of the main road in the city of Ludewa is paved, and the 1359 km of roads in the district are unpaved. 16% of the roads, 217 km, are passable all year round. This includes in particular Njombe-Ludewa-Strasse, which is now used by bus several times a day. From Njombe to Mkiu Junction and from there via Lugarawa to Mundindi , this road was expanded to a width of up to 8 m in 2014 due to the planned iron ore mining in Liganga .

Iron Mountain Liganga in Ludewa District, Njombe Region, Tanzania

A motor ferry for vehicles up to a total weight of 10 t is operated across the Ruhuhu River.

The ferry across the Ruhuhu River can transport vehicles with a load of up to 10 t (2014)

Agriculture

According to the altitude, the district is divided into three different agricultural zones: high elevations, middle elevations and valleys.

The natural Miombo forest is widespread, in the high areas there are also protected rainforest stands (Forest Reserves). The rainy season begins in mid-November and ends in May in the high areas and in the low areas it begins in mid-December and ends in April.

There are several tea plantations in the Livingstone Highlands at an altitude of 2000 m

Tea plantations (including Luponde and Lusitu Estate) are located in the rainy high areas around 2000 m above sea level on the border with the Njombe district . Otherwise mainly maize, beans, peas, wheat, cassava, potatoes, sunflowers and some coffee are grown in rain- fed agriculture.

fishing

In the settlements on Lake Nyassa , fishing is done from a dugout canoe for self- sufficiency. Small fish are also delivered dried to the market in Iringa and taken on foot over the mountains to Madunda or by bus to the town of Njombe.

schools

In the Ludewa district there are 98 kindergartens with 6644 pupils (some run as pre primary school ), 103 elementary schools in grades 1–7, 17 state secondary schools (each with 4 years) and 6 private secondary schools with a total of 9,919 pupils and students (2014). There are also some adult education centers, including a Nurse and Midwife College (Lugarawa), a craft training center (Lugarawa), a catechist seminar (Madunda) and a school for the disabled in Mundindi with around 40 students .

health care

There is a state hospital in Ludewa in the district town and two church hospitals in Lugarawa and Milo , as well as a "subhospital" in Madunda , 6 rural health centers and 46 village health stations (dispensaries)

Development cooperation projects

The coal mined in the Ludewa district is brought by truck to the shores of Lake Nyassa and then shipped by boat to the northern end of the lake. It is recycled in the cement factory at Mbeya.

Numerous state and private donors and development aid NGOs were and are active in the Ludewa district. Italian aid has a long tradition in Lugarawa. The Afrikahilfe Schondorf was deployed from 1986 with 33 containers of material aid to equip hospitals and to promote education. It is now being continued through a cooperation with LUDEFO (Ludewa Development Foundation) for training grants.

Wards in Ludewa District (administrative structure)

Usually several settlements are combined to form a “ward” as an administrative community. Several wards then form a division, which is administratively headed by a division officer . At the district level there is the District Council as a local “parliament” , chaired by an elected chairman . Administration is conducted by a District Executive Director under the supervision of a District Commissioner appointed by the central government .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b All figures verbal information from District Executive Director BB Kilanga, June 2014
  2. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Tanzania
  3. ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/language/zga
  4. ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/language/pbr
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hakimadini.org
  6. ↑
    Gerold Pangisa Haule, founder and first principal of the Madunda Secondary School
  7. ↑ Afrikahilfe Schondorf , accessed on July 16, 2014
  8. ↑ LUDEFO website Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 17, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ludefo.org

Web links

Commons : Ludewa  - collection of images, videos and audio files