Nanyumbu (District)

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Nanyumbu District
Location of the Nanyumbu district in Tanzania
Location of the Nanyumbu district in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Mtwara
surface 5071 km²
Residents 150,857 (2012)
density 30 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-17

Coordinates: 10 ° 56 '  S , 38 ° 23'  E

Nanyumbu is a district in the Tanzanian region of Mtwara with the capital Mangaka . The district borders in the north on the Lindi region and the Masasi district , in the east on the Masasi district, in the south on Mozambique and in the west on the Ruvuma region .

Makonde plateau

geography

Nanyumbu is located in the west of the Mtwara region and has an area of ​​5071 square kilometers and 150,857 inhabitants (as of 2012). The district is divided into two topological zones. In the north is the Makonde Plateau with an average height of 200 to 400 meters above sea level, with mountains rising to just under 1000 meters on the western border. To the south is the valley of the Rovuma River . The whole district is drained by several rivers south to the Rovuma, which forms the border with Mozambique.

There are two seasons, the dry season from May to November and the rainy season from December to April. The rainfall is between 400 and 850 millimeters per year, the average temperatures range from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius.

history

Nanyumbu was declared a district on July 29, 2005.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 14 parishes (wards):

local community Residents

2002

Residents

2012

Chipupiuta 9.434 9,926
Likokona 16,079 18,629
Lumesule 7.163 7,656
Mangaka - 16,494
Maratani - 6,668
Masuguru 3,809 5,945
Mikangula 14,914 16,848
Mkonona 5,929 8,137
Mnanje - 7.912
Nandete 11,953 10,067
Nangomba - 8,178
Nanyumbu 8,840 10,826
Napacho 8,270 10.092
Sengenya 11,261 13,479

population

The population increased by sixteen percent from 2002 to 2012, with this growth the population doubles every fifty years. While the proportion of illiterate people over five in the Mtwara region was 34 percent, 42 percent in Nanyumbu could not read and write (as of 2012).

Facilities and services

  • Education: In 2012, 24 percent of those over five were currently attending school. Eleven percent had dropped out of school, 39 percent had finished school and 26 percent had never attended school.
  • Health: Four percent of the total population had taken out social security in 2012.
  • Water: Twelve percent of the population had access to safe and clean water, half got their water from open shafts, and a fifth got their supplies from rivers and lakes.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: In Nanyumbu District, more than eighty percent of the population live from agriculture. Corn, rice, cassava, millet, peas and grain are grown for self-sufficiency. Cashews, peanuts, millet and wheat are sold to improve household income. A third of households also keep farm animals, mainly poultry, cattle and goats (as of 2012).
  • Traffic: The east-west connection from Mtwara on the Indian Ocean to Songea and Lake Malawi runs through the district . From this a national road branches off to the south near the district capital Mangaka. It connects Tanzania with Mozambique via the Unity Bridge, which opened in 2010 .
Unity Bridge over the Ruvuma River to Mozambique
  • Game reserves: The two game reserves Lukwika-Lumesule and Msanjesi are hunting reserves with hippopotamuses, elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo and waterbuck.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Category publications | Mtwara region. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, May 6, 2018, p. 5 , accessed on November 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xc37-3 , accessed November 14, 2019 (Russian).
  3. ↑ History | Mtwara region. Retrieved November 16, 2019 (Swahili).
  4. ↑ Strategic Plan for Nanyamba Tc. (pdf) Nanyamba Town Council, November 2017, pp. 4–5 , accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ History | Mtwara region. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Nanyumbu (District, Tanzania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 09. Mtwara Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 15, 71 , accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 09. Mtwara Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 78 , accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 09. Mtwara Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 125 , accessed November 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 09. Mtwara Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, p. 112 , accessed November 16, 2019 .
  11. ↑ History | Mtwara region. Retrieved November 16, 2019 (Swahili).
  12. ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 09. Mtwara Regional Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, pp. 129, 131 , accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  13. ^ Trunk Roads Network. (pdf) Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  14. ^ Tanzania High Commission in Mozambique, Madagascar & Swaziland New bridge links Mozambique and Tanzania. May 10, 2010, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Lukwika Lumesule and Msanjesi Game Reserves. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .