Mbeya (district)

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Mbeya district
Mbeya (District) (Tanzania)
Mbeya
Mbeya
Mbeya (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Mbeya
surface 2646 km²
Residents 690,598 (2012)
density 261 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-14

Coordinates: 8 ° 54 ′  S , 33 ° 25 ′  E

Mbeya is a district in the Mbeya region of the same name with the administrative center in the city of Mbeya . The district borders on the Chunya and Mbarali districts to the north, the Njombe region to the east, and the Songwe region to the south and west .

Mbeya city
Mbalizi, west of the city of Mbeya

geography

The district has an area of ​​2646 square kilometers and 690,598 inhabitants (as of 2012). The country is topographically divided into three areas:

  • The highlands, which are between 1600 and 1900 meters above sea level.
  • The foothills of the Poroto Mountains, which reach their greatest height in Mount Mbeya at 2826 meters.
  • The valley of the Songwe River , which flows into the Rukwasee in the northwest .

The climate in the district depends heavily on the altitude. In the city of Mbeya, which is 1718 meters above sea level, it is moderately warm, Cwb according to the effective climate classification . The precipitation varies depending on the location between 650 and 2700 millimeters per year, it rains little in the lowlands, a lot in the mountains. The temperature is between 12 and 30 degrees Celsius.

history

The city of Mbeya was founded in 1935 as a small settlement for European farmers. In 1952 there was an upswing when the headquarters of what was then the Southern Highlands province was relocated from Iringa to Mbeya.

Administrative division

The district has two constituencies (councils) Mbeya City Council and Mbeya District Council and a total of 61 parishes (wards):

Mbeya City Council

  • Sisimba
  • Isanga
  • Iganzo
  • Mwansekwa
  • Itagano
  • Itezi
  • Nsalaga
  • Igawilo
  • Iganjo
  • Uyole
  • Iduda
  • Mwasanga
  • Tembela
  • Ilomba
  • Mwakibete
  • Ilemi
  • Isyesye
  • Rwanda
  • Iyela
  • Sinde
  • Maanga
  • Mbalizi Road
  • Forest
  • Mabatini
  • Nzovwe
  • Kalobe
  • Iyunga
  • Iwambi
  • Itende
  • Iziwa
  • Nsoho
  • Majengo
  • Ghana
  • Nonde
  • Itiji
  • Maendeleo

Mbeya District Council

  • Ihango
  • Ulenje
  • Tembela
  • Ijombe
  • Santilya
  • Ilembo
  • Iwiji
  • Isuto
  • Igale
  • Iwindi
  • Utengule Usongwe
  • Mshewe
  • Ikukwa
  • Iyunga Mapinduzi
  • Bonde la Songwe
  • Inyala
  • Ilungu
  • Maendeleo
  • Swaya
  • Masoko
  • Itawa
  • Nsalala
  • Lwanjiro
  • Itewe
  • Igoma

population

The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Safwa, Malila and Nyakyusa . The population rose from 519,655 in 2002 to 690,598 in 2012. The annual growth rate in the city of 3.7 percent was significantly higher than in the countryside, where the population only increased by 1.8 percent annually. In 2012, around sixty percent of the population spoke Swahili. In the city, more than thirty percent also spoke English and Swahili, in rural areas only twelve percent. The proportion of illiterate people was correspondingly higher in rural areas, but still below the regional average.

Facilities and services
City Council
Land Council
  • Education: 160 primary schools and 46 secondary schools are available in the Land Council for the education of young people; in the City Council there are 91 primary schools and 54 secondary schools.
  • Health: Five hospitals and four health centers provide medical care for the population.
  • Water: In 2012 almost half of the population in the Land Council was supplied with safe and clean water.
Mbeya train station
At T1 east of the city of Mbeya.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the most important branch of the economy, it contributes 60 to 85 percent of the national product. It is followed by trade and industry with a total of twenty percent and mining, which contributes eight percent.

  • Agriculture: Around 85 percent of the population is employed in agriculture. Maize, potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat and beans are grown for personal use, while coffee, pyrethrum , sesame and sunflowers are intended for sale . Half of the households in the Land Council keep livestock, in the City Council around a fifth. Mainly chickens are kept in the city council, chickens and cattle in the country council.
  • Commerce and Industry: In 2011, over forty percent of the city council's population was employed in commerce and small industries. There were 11,000 shops, 560 commercial and 720 craft businesses.
  • Mining: The Cement Plant company produces 350,000 tons of cement annually in the district (as of 2018).
  • Railway: Mbeya is the last major Tanzanian station on the TAZARA railway line from Dar es Salaam to Zambia . There is a weekly express train and a standard train from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi (as of 2020). The express train takes 22 hours to travel from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya.
  • Roads: The T1 national road runs through Mbeya from Dar es Salaam to Zambia. From this the T8 branches off to the north, which leads to Rungwe , Tabora and Mwanza on Lake Victoria , and the T10 to the south to the border town of Kasumulu .
Gloriosa superba in Kitulo National Park
Ngozi crater lake

Attractions

  • Kitulo National Park : In the east, the district has a share of the 465 square kilometer park, which the locals call "God's Garden" because of its flowers.
  • Ngozi Crater Lake : About thirty kilometers south of the city of Mbeya is the second largest crater lake in Africa at an altitude of 2620 meters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mbeya Region Investment Opportunities. (PDF) September 2017, p. 16 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 6 , accessed April 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xc36-2. Russian Army Maps, accessed April 11, 2020 (Russian).
  5. ^ Mbeya climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Mbeya weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Proposed Medium Term Rolling Strategic Plan for the Years 2014 / 15–2018 / 19. (PDF) June 2014, pp. 11–12 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Strategic Plan 2008/2013. (PDF) p. 2 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 2012 Polulation and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, pp. 113, 119 , accessed April 11, 2020 .
  9. ^ Mbeya Region Investment Opportunities. (PDF) September 2017, p. 73 , accessed on April 12, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Takwimu. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ a b Takwimu. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (Swahili).
  12. ↑ Water service | Mbeya District Council. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Proposed Medium Term Rolling Strategic Plan for the Years 2014 / 15–2018 / 19. (PDF) June 2014, p. 13 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kilimo. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (English).
  15. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 12 Mbeya Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 131, 134 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Strategic Plan 2008/2013. (PDF) p. 14 , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  17. ^ Lafarge - Mbeya Cement Plant. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Passenger Services | TAZARA. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
  19. ^ TZR, Express Passenger Timetable. (PDF) Tabzabia-Zambia Railway Authority, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  20. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 8 , accessed April 12, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Kitulo National Park, Tanzania Safari Tours. In: Insight Safari Holidays. November 15, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2020 (American English).
  23. ^ Ngozi Crater - the second largest crater lake in Africa. April 8, 2015, Retrieved April 12, 2020 (American English).