Misungwi (District)

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Kwimba District
Location of the Misungwi District in Tanzania
Location of the Misungwi District in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Mwanza
surface 3999 km²
Residents 406,999 (2012)
density 102 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-18

Coordinates: 2 ° 57 ′  S , 32 ° 45 ′  E

Misungwi is a district in northwest Tanzania in the Mwanza region with the administrative center in the city of the same name Misungwi . The district is bordered to the north by the districts Ilemela and Magu , on the east by the district Kwimba , on the south by the region Shinyanga and to the west by the region Geita and to the Lake Victoria .

Location of the Misungwi district in the Mwanza region (green: main roads).

geography

With an area of ​​2553 square kilometers, the district has around 350,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). Of the area, 175 square kilometers are accounted for by Lake Victoria, which is 1134 meters above sea level. From here the country rises gently undulating, with only a few elevations over 1300 meters high. The drainage takes place via small rivers into Lake Victoria, the largest is the Magogo. The climate in the district is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . In the two rainy seasons from October to December and March to May, 500 to 900 millimeters of rain fall annually. The average temperature is between 23 and 30 degrees Celsius.

history

Misungwi District was established in 1995.

Administrative division

Misungwi consists of 30 parishes (wards):

  • Bulemeji
  • Idetemya
  • Usagara
  • Ukiriguru
  • Kanyelele
  • Koromije
  • Igokelo
  • Mwaniko
  • Misungwi
  • Misasi
  • Kijima
  • Shilalo
  • Buhingo
  • Busongo
  • Nhundulu
  • Lubili
  • Ilujamate
  • Mbarika
  • Sumbugu
  • Kasololo
  • Ilalambogo
  • Isesa
  • Gulumungu
  • Mabuki
  • Mondo
  • Mamaye
  • Fella

population

The population rose from 256,133 in the census in 2002 to 351,607 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of just over three percent. In 2012, 54 percent of those over the age of five spoke Swahili, eight percent spoke English and Swahili, and 38 percent were illiterate.

Facilities and services
  • Education: There are 138 state and seven private primary schools in the district, as well as four private and 23 public secondary schools (as of 2020).
  • Health: Two hospitals (one private and one state), as well as four health centers and forty pharmacies are available for the medical care of the population.
  • Water: 42 percent of the population in urban areas and 43 percent in rural areas are supplied with clean water.

Economy and Infrastructure

The main economic sectors are agriculture with arable and livestock, fishing and mining.

  • Agriculture: The most important crops for personal use are maize, rice, millet and cassava. Cotton and chickpeas are grown for sale. In 2012, 45,000 of the 54,000 households were engaged in agriculture, 31,000 also kept pets. Poultry and cattle were kept most frequently.
  • Mining: Gold and diamonds are found in the district. In 2016, four medium and 134 small mining licenses were issued. More than 70,000 people are employed in mining.
  • Railway: The district is crossed by the northern branch of the Tanganyika Railway , which connects Tabora with Mwanza . There is a small train station in Fella.
  • Roads: The paved national road T8 runs through the district from Shinyanga to Mwanza. From this, the T4 national road, which is also asphalted , branches off in the city of Misungwi , which leads south of Lake Victoria to Burundi and Rwanda .

politics

In Misungwi, a district council with 26 council members is elected every five years. In addition, ten women will be appointed for special women's seats (as of 2020).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 19 Mwanza Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 17 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Lake Victoria | Size, Map, Countries, & Facts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa36-3, Map 500k - xa36-4. Russian Army Maps, accessed July 6, 2020 (Russian).
  4. ↑ a b c d History | Misungwi District Council. Retrieved July 6, 2020 (Swahili).
  5. ↑ Misungwi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Misungwi weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, p. 180 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 19 Mwanza Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 73 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  8. ^ Services in the water sector. Retrieved July 6, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ Increasing the contribution of artisanal and small-scale mining to poverty reduction in Tanzania: Based on an analysis of mining livelihoods in Misungwi and Geita Districts, Mwanza, region. January 2004, p. 36 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  10. ^ Mwanza Region, Socio-economic Profile. (PDF) October 1997, p. 223 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  11. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 19 Mwanza Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 125, 127, 129 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Mineral Areas | Misungwi District Council. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  13. ^ Train Routes. Tanzania Railways Corporation, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  14. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. March 2018, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  15. ^ Full council. Misungwi District Council, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on July 6, 2020 .