Mpanda (district)

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Mpanda District
Mpanda (District) (Tanzania)
Mpanda
Mpanda
Mpanda (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Katavi
surface 25,199 km²
Residents 282,036 (2012)
density 11 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-28

Coordinates: 6 ° 2 ′  S , 29 ° 59 ′  E

Mpanda is one of the three districts of the Katavi region in Tanzania with the administrative center in the regional capital Mpanda . The district is bordered by the Tabora region to the north, the Nsimbo district to the east, the Mpimbwe district to the southeast , the Rukwa region to the south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Kigoma region to the west .

geography

The district has a size of 25,199 square kilometers and 282,036 inhabitants (as of 2012). The country lies at an altitude of 1000 to 2500 meters and can be divided into three topographical zones:

  • Highlands: The highlands in the west of the district are 1,100 to 2,500 meters above sea level. Every year it rains between 1000 and 1300 millimeters at temperatures of 15 to 25 degrees Celsius.
  • Grasslands: Large areas of grass cover the valleys of the Ugalla and Katuma rivers and the banks of Lake Tanganyika . At temperatures of 24 to 30 degrees Celsius, annual rainfall of 900 to 1000 millimeters falls.
  • Forest: The majority of the remaining district area is covered by Miombo forests. In the rainy season, 900 to 1000 millimeters of precipitation fall, followed by a long dry season from late May to early September.

The climate is predominantly tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification .

history

The original Mpanda district had been in the Rukwa region since 1983. In 2012, the Katavi region was founded and the Mlele district was split off from the Mpanda district.

Administrative division

In the district there are two constituencies (councils) Mpanda City (TC) and Mpanda District (DC). There are nine parishes (wards) in each constituency:

Mpanda TC

  • Kakese
  • Misunkumilo
  • Shanwe
  • Makanyagio
  • Kashaulili
  • Mpanda Hotel
  • Kawajense
  • Nsemulwa
  • Ilembo

Mpanda DC

  • Mishamo
  • Mpandandogo
  • Mwese
  • Katuma
  • Kabungu
  • Sibwesa
  • Ikola
  • Karema
  • Kapalamsenga

population

The largest ethnic group is the Bende, who make up nearly eighty percent of the population. Of those over five, 50 percent of the Land Council and 60 percent of the City Council spoke Swahili, and three and thirteen percent respectively spoke English and Swahili. Almost half of Mpanda DC were illiterate, and a little more than a quarter of Mpande TC (as of 2012).

Facilities and services

  • Education: In 2014, 28,691 students attended primary school. They were taught by 672 teachers in 53 schools. Nine secondary schools were attended by 636 students.
  • Health: A hospital, three health centers and fifteen pharmacies provide medical care for the population. All facilities are state-run (as of 2014).

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the most important industry, 85 percent of the population live from it.

  • Agriculture: Maize, cassava , bananas and potatoes are grown for self-sufficiency . Tobacco, rice, peanuts, sunflowers, coffee, millet and palm oil are intended for sale (as of 2015). Of the 50,000 households, 20,000 also had farm animals. Mainly poultry, goats and cattle were kept (as of 2012).
  • Fisheries: Fish are caught in Lake Tanganyika and Ugalla River.
  • Roads: The main road in the district is the national road T9, which runs from Sumbawanga in the south to Mpanda and further north to Lake Victoria .
Hippos in the Katavi National Park
Chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains National Park
Five-lane tanganyika cichlid (Neolamprologus tretocephalus)

Attractions

  • Katavi National Park : At 4471 square kilometers, this is the third largest national park in Tanzania. In the dry season, thousands of animals, mainly elephants, buffalo, giraffes and zebras, gather around the few watering holes. Nowhere else in Tanzania can you see so many hippos in such a small space.
  • Mahale Mountains National Park : In the west, the district has a share of this 1613 square kilometer national park, which is mainly known for its chimpanzees. It is also worth seeing because of the red colobus , red - tailed and blue monkeys, as well as its birds and butterflies.
  • Lake Tanganyika: At 660 kilometers, the longest lake on earth is also known for its cichlids.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 23 Katavi Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  2. ^ Mpanda. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (de-US).
  3. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, pp. 7–8 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Mpanda climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Mpanda weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Historia | Mpanda District Council. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (Swahili).
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, pp. 208, 209 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  7. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, p. 6 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  8. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 23 Katavi Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 69 , accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  9. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, pp. 9, 12 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  10. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, p. 15 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  11. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, p. 23 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  12. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, p. 24 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  13. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 23 Katavi Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 121, 123 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  14. ^ Mpanda District Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) November 2016, p. 35 , accessed on February 22, 2020 .
  15. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  16. ↑ a b Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 8 , accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Katavi National Park. In: Tanzania Travel & Information Portal. May 2, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2020 (German).
  18. ↑ Mahale Mountains National Park - Travel Guide, Map & More! Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
  19. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Lake Tanganyika. January 23, 2020, accessed February 23, 2020 .