Mbarali (district)

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District 
Mbarali (District) (Tanzania)
Mbarali
Mbarali
Mbarali (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Mbeya
surface 16,632 km²
Residents 300,517 (2012)
density 18 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-14

Coordinates: 8 ° 17 ′  S , 33 ° 59 ′  E

Mbarali is a district in the Mbeya region in southwest Tanzania . It is bordered by the Iringa region to the north and east, the Njombe region to the south, the Mbeya district to the south-west and the Chunya district to the west .

The Ruaha River in Ruaha National Park

geography

The district has an area of ​​16,632 square kilometers and around 300,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). Most of the country is made up of the Usangu Plain , which is around 1,000 meters above sea level. In the south the country is bounded by the Poroto Mountains , in the west the plain rises steeply to the Mbeya Range at over 2000 meters. The largest river is the Ruaha , a tributary of the Rufiji , which flows into the Indian Ocean . The district has a local steppe climate, BSh according to the effective climate classification . There are two seasons. The dry season lasts from May to November, in the rainy season from December to April there is 300 to 940 millimeters of rain. The average temperature is between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius, with November being the warmest and July being the coolest.

history

The district was established in 2000.

Administrative division

Mbarali is divided into twenty parishes (wards) (as of 2012):

  • Luhanga
  • Madibira
  • Mawindi
  • Yehahi
  • Mapogoro
  • Chimala
  • Utengule Usangu
  • Ruiwa
  • Mahongole
  • Ubaruku
  • Igurusi
  • Kongolo
  • Mwatenga
  • Imalilosongwe
  • Igava
  • Ipwani
  • Itamboleo
  • Miyombweni
  • Ruyeva
  • Luglele

population

The largest ethnic groups in Mbarali are the Sangu , Hehe , Wakinga , Bena and Nyakusa . In 2012, around sixty percent of those over the age of five spoke Swahili, eight percent spoke Swahili and English. Just over thirty percent were illiterate.

Facilities and services

  • Education: In 2019, 52,000 primary school students were taught by 1,200 teachers. So there were 44 students for one teacher.
  • Health: There is a hospital, six health centers and forty pharmacies to provide medical care for the population.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Over eighty percent of the population live from agriculture. Rice, corn, sweet potatoes, cassava, beans and sorghum are grown for self-sufficiency, while rice, sunflowers, peanuts and vegetables are intended for sale. Of the 70,000 households in the district, more than a third had pets in 2012. The animals kept most frequently were chickens and cattle.
  • Roads: The main road is the T1 national road from Mbeya to Iringa , which runs through the south of the district. There are 1,300 kilometers of roads in good condition, 300 kilometers of which are maintained by the state and 1,000 kilometers by the district. Another 100 kilometers are gravel roads and 450 kilometers of dirt roads, which are also the responsibility of the district.

politics

In Mbarali, a district council is elected every five years. The chairman of the district council is Francis Mtega (as of 2020).Template: future / in 4 years

Kudu in Ruaha National Park.
Guinea fowl in Ruaha National Park.

Attractions

  • Ruaha National Park : Mbarali is part of the 20,300 square kilometer Ruaha National Park. A nature reserve was established as early as 1910, and in 1964 it was declared a national park. Over 500 species of birds live in the park, and it also has a high density of elephants and stocks of kudu, sable and roan antelopes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mbeya Region, Investment Opportunities. (PDF) September 2017, p. 16 , accessed on May 12, 2020 .
  2. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on May 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xc36-2. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 12, 2020 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Mbarali climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Mbarali weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Historia | Mbarali District Council. Section 1. Retrieved May 12, 2020 (Swahili).
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 118 , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 73 , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c Historia | Mbarali District Council. Section 3. Retrieved May 13, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ Historia | Mbarali District Council. Section 2. Retrieved May 13, 2020 (Swahili).
  10. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 131, 134 , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  11. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on May 8, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Mwanzo. Retrieved May 13, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 8 , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  15. ^ Ruaha National Park - Tanzania Tourism. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .