Missenyi (District)

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Missenyi District
Missenyi (District) (Tanzania)
Missenyi
Missenyi
Missenyi (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Kagera
surface 2523 km²
Residents 202,632 (2012)
density 80 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-05

Coordinates: 1 ° 12 ′  S , 31 ° 2 ′  E

Missenyi is a district in the Tanzanian region of Kagera with the administrative center in Kyaka. It borders Uganda to the north, the Bukoba district to the east and south, the Karagwe district to the southwest and the Kyerwa district to the west .

On the Kagera River on the Uganda border

geography

The Missenyi district has a size of 2523 square kilometers and around 200,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). It is located on a high plateau at an altitude between 1,300 and 1,400 meters above sea level, in the northeast it also has a share of Lake Victoria . Most of the drainage takes place via the Kagera River , which forms the southwestern border, then receives the Ngono River and flows into Lake Victoria. The climate in the district is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . There is little precipitation in June, July and August, otherwise it rains between 60 and 240 millimeters per month, especially in the two rainy seasons from October to December and March to May. The average temperature is constantly between 20 and 21 degrees Celsius.

history

The district was established in 2007 when it split from the Bukoba district.

Location of the Missenyi district in the Kagera region

Administrative division

Missenyi is divided into 20 parishes (wards) (as of 2012):

  • Kakunyu
  • Nsunga
  • Mutukula
  • Kassambya
  • Minziro
  • Ruzinga
  • Kashenye
  • Kanyigo
  • Ishunju
  • Buyango
  • Bwanjai
  • Ishozi
  • Gera
  • Bugandika
  • Kitobo
  • Bugorora
  • Kyaka
  • Mushasha
  • Kilimilile
  • Mabale

population

The population grew from 152,786 in 2002 to 202,632 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of 2.8 percent. The literacy rate of those over fifteen increased from 75 to 83 percent during this period.

Facilities and services

  • Education: The 95 public primary schools attended 19,462 boys and 19,413 girls, plus there were nine private schools (as of 2019).
  • Water: In 2012, 68 percent of the population was supplied with clean water.

Economy and Infrastructure

Almost three quarters of the employed population worked in their own farms. Ten percent were employed, nine worked in the household and eight percent were self-employed in non-agricultural areas.

  • Agriculture: The most commonly grown fruits are beans, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, coffee and sugar cane (as of 2017). The district also has a lot of alluvial land with wide pasture areas that are good for cattle breeding. Cattle are mostly bred in medium-sized and large farms, goats and sheep are kept by small farmers all over the country.
  • Fisheries: Especially in the northeast on Lake Victoria, fishing is an important economic factor.
  • Roads: The most important road connection in the district is the national road T4 from the regional capital Bukoba in the southeast to Kyaka and further north to Uganda.

Nature reserves, sights

  • Minziro Forest Reserve: The 31,142 hectare reserve is located on the border with Uganda and is home to 238 species of birds.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Missenyi District, Investment Opportunities. (PDF) p. 1 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b 18. Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 16 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Missenyi. Retrieved February 8, 2020 (de-US).
  4. ↑ Kyaka climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kyaka weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  5. ↑ History | MISSENYI DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved February 8, 2020 (Swahili).
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 170 , accessed February 8, 2020 .
  7. ↑ 18. Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 69 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Statistics | MISSENYI DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved February 8, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ Water Department | MISSENYI DISTRICT COUNCIL. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 18. Kagera Regional Profile. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2016, p. 97 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Missenyi Disrtrict, Investment Opportunities. (PDF) pp. 2–3 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Missenyi Disrtrict, Investment Opportunities. (PDF) p. 8 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Missenyi Disrtrict, Investment Opportunities. (PDF) p. 10 , accessed on February 8, 2020 .
  14. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Minziro Forest Reserve. BirdLife International, accessed February 9, 2020 .