Mufindi

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District 
Mufindi (Tanzania)
Mufindi
Mufindi
Mufindi (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Iringa
surface 7123 km²
Residents 317,731 (2012)
density 45 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-04

Coordinates: 8 ° 36 '  S , 35 ° 17'  O Mufindi is one of three districts of the Iringa region in the central part of Tanzania . Mufindi borders the Kilolo and Iringa districts to the north, the Morogoro region to the east, the Njombe region to the south, and the Mbeya region to the west.

Tea plantation in the highlands.

geography

The district has a size of 7,123 square kilometers and over 300,000 inhabitants (as of 2012). Mufindi is mountainous and one of the coolest and wettest regions in Tanzania. It consists of two landscape zones, the Mufindi plateau and the highlands. The plateau extends from the capital Mafinga to the southwest and is at an altitude of 1500 to 1800 meters above sea level. The highlands are part of the Udzungwa Mountains , which reach heights of 1700 to 2200 meters.

The climate depends on the location, but mostly warm and temperate, Cwb according to the effective climate classification . The annual amount of precipitation is 1400 millimeters. It is higher in the east and south than in the drier west, where it rains less than 1000 millimeters per year. The annual average temperature is 17 to 18 degrees Celsius. It is warmest in February and coolest in July.

history

When Tanzania gained independence in 1961, Mufindi was part of the Southern Highlands, which included the present-day regions of Iringa, Ruvuma , Rukwa and Njombe. The district in its current form was founded in 1965, and in 1975 Mafinga became the administrative center of the district. In 1984 Mufindi was promoted to district council, in 2015 Mafinga was given the status of city council.

Administrative division

The district consists of the two councils Mufindi District Council (DC) and Mafinga City Council (TC). The councils consist of 27 or 3 communities (wards):

Mufindi District Council

  • Kiyowela
  • Makungu
  • Mninga
  • Kasanga
  • Igowole
  • Mtambula
  • Itandula
  • Mbalamaziwa
  • Idunda
  • Malangali
  • Nyololo
  • Ihowanza
  • Ikweha
  • Sadani
  • Igombavu
  • Bumilayinga
  • Mtwango
  • Isalavanu
  • Rungemba
  • Ifwagi
  • Mdabulo
  • Ihalimba
  • Kibengu
  • Mapanda
  • Mpanga
  • Ihanu
  • Luhunga

Mafinga City Council

  • Sao Hill
  • Boma
  • Kinyanambo

population

Around 85 percent of the population belong to the Hehe ethnic group . Of the five-year-olds on the district council, almost two thirds spoke Swahili and over ten percent spoke English and Swahili, and almost a quarter were illiterate. On the city council, over a third spoke English and Swahili.

Council Residents

2002

Residents

2012

annual

growth

Mufindi DC 248,552 265,829 0.7%
Mafinga TC 33,519 51.902 15.9%
Mufindi DC
Mafinga TC

Facilities and services

  • Education: In the district council, almost 60,000 students are taught by around 1,400 teachers in 149 primary schools (as of 2018). Only two of these schools are private schools. Of the 43 secondary schools, 33 are state-run and ten are privately run. In public schools the teacher-student ratio is 1:16.
  • Health: A hospital, eight health centers and sixty pharmacies provide medical care.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Mufindi was the core cell of tea production in Tanzania. The first tea factory was opened around 1930, and from 1930 to 1934 seeds were distributed free of charge to the farmers, who were mostly European settlers. In 1934, 20 tons were produced on 1000 hectares. The most important fruits for self-sufficiency are corn, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, wheat, peas, millet, cassava, peanuts, bananas and rice. In addition to tea, pyrethrum, sunflowers, coffee and vegetables are grown for sale. In 2018, 410,000 tons of corn, 74,000 tons of beans and 60,000 tons of sweet potato were produced. 120,000 hand hoes, 500 motorized milling machines and 160 tractors were used as tools. Of the 76,000 households, 43,000 owned pets. They kept 400,000 chickens, 220,000 cattle and 30,000 goats (as of 2012).
  • Forestry: More than forty percent of the country's area is forested. Firewood is the main source of energy for over ninety percent of the population. Forest stocks are declining, reinforced by forest fires. Around nine percent of the country's area are forest reserves. Since 1997 reforestation measures have been carried out in the highlands in cooperation with and with financial aid from the Norwegian TreeFarms AS . The Norwegian Green Resources AS has been running a similar project since 2008 .
  • Railway: The TAZARA railway line runs through the south of the district and runs from Dar es Salaam to Zambia .
  • Roads: The main road connection in Mufindi is the national road T1 from Dar es Salaam to Zambia , which runs through the district capital. Of the approximately 1000 kilometers of district roads, 15 kilometers are paved and 160 kilometers are gravel, the rest are dirt roads.

politics

Mufindi is a district council whose representative is elected every five years. The chairman of the district administration is Mr. Festo Eliasi Mgina. The Presidencies since 1985 have been:

From To Surname
1985 1990 M. Mtengela
1990 1994 AA Kikalao
1994 2005 Tasil M. Mgoda
2005 2010 Naucerd Nyaganilwa
2010 2015 Peter P. Tweve
2015 Festo E. Mgina

The chairman of the Mafinga City Council is Mr. Charles Makoga (as of 2020).

Waterfall in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park.
Udzungwa colobus monkey

Attractions

  • Udzungwa Mountains National Park : In the east, the district has a share of the 1990 square kilometer Udzungwa National Park. It is particularly known for its abundance of birds and its endemic primates.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b History | Mafinga Town Council. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Tanzania Regional Profiles, 11 Iringa Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
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  5. ↑ a b Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, p. 1 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  6. ^ Mufindi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Mufindi weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b History | Mufindi District Council. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (Swahili).
  8. ↑ Mwanzo | Home Iringa Region. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
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  10. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, p. 3 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 11 Iringa Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 70 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, pp. 27–29 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, pp. 34–36 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Statistics. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ MKV Carr, DM Ndamugoba, PJ Burgess and GR Myinga: AN OVERVIEW OF TEA RESEARCH IN TANZANIA - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. (PDF) p. 2 , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, pp. 60–62 , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 11 Iringa Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, pp. 86–87 , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
  19. ^ Trunk Roads Network. (PDF) Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  20. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Five Years Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2018, p. 64 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  22. ^ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Mwanzo | Home DC. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
  24. ↑ Mwanzo | Home TC. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
  25. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 6 , accessed on May 25, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Udzungwa National Park, Tanzania Tourism. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .