Nyasa (district)

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Nyasa district
Nyasa (District) (Tanzania)
Nyasa
Nyasa
Nyasa (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Ruvuma
surface 3811 km²
Residents 146,160 (2012)
density 38 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-21

Coordinates: 11 ° 1 ′  S , 34 ° 43 ′  E

Nyasa is a district in the Ruvuma region in southwest Tanzania . The district borders in the northeast on the district Mbinga , in the east on the district Songea , in the south on Mozambique and in the west on Malawi .

Mbamba Bay on Lake Malawi

geography

Nyasa is located in the southwest of Tanzania on the east bank of Lake Malawi . The administration is in Mbamba Bay . The district has an area of ​​3811 square kilometers and 146,160 inhabitants (as of 2012). The lowlands along Lake Malawi are 500 to 600 meters above sea level. This is followed to the east by a hilly landscape with heights of 800 to 1500 meters, which reaches up to the foothills of the Livingstone Mountains . On the shores of Lake Malawi it is hot all year round with temperatures of 29 to 31 degrees Celsius. The hill country is moderately warm. Depending on the altitude, temperatures in the cool months of June to August reach 19 to 23 degrees Celsius, in the highlands of Mtengo in the municipality of Mpepo only 13 degrees Celsius. Rainfall is generally sufficient, but it depends heavily on the altitude. Most of the precipitation falls in the rainy season from December to April / May, with an annual average of 800 to 1225 millimeters.

history

Nyasa was split off from the Mbinga district in 2013 and has been an independent district ever since.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 20 parishes (wards) (as of 2015):

  • Liparamba
  • Tingi
  • Chiwanda
  • Mtipvili
  • Kingerikiti
  • Luhangarasi
  • Kilosa
  • Mbambabay
  • Lipingo
  • Liuli
  • Kihagara
  • Ngumbo
  • Liwundi
  • Mbaha
  • Lituhi
  • Lumeme
  • Linga
  • Mpepo
  • Mipotopoto
  • Upolo

population

The population grew from 111,578 to 146,160 inhabitants from 2002 to 2012, which corresponds to an annual growth rate of 2.7 percent. The literacy rate among those over fifteen rose from 79 to 84 percent over the same period. The majority of the population speaks Swahili, only five percent also speak English.

Facilities and services

  • Education: There are 106 primary schools and 14 secondary schools in the district.
  • Health: The mother-to-child mortality rate fell from 78 per 100,000 births in 2015 to 71 in 2016. In 2014, the district had two hospitals, three health centers and 24 pharmacies. In December 2019, a new district hospital opened in Nyasa.
  • Water: The supply of clean water rose from 38 percent in 2014/2015 to 48 percent in 2015/2016.
  • Electricity: The district is not connected to the national grid, but there are local generators and solar systems (as of 2015).

Economy and Infrastructure

Although the district has fertile soils and sufficient rainfall, it is one of the poorest districts in Tanzania. The most important branch of the economy is agriculture, which contributes around seventy percent to the gross domestic product and employs ninety percent of the workforce.

  • Agriculture: The main crops are corn, rice, cassava, coffee and cocoa. In 2012, over 60 percent of the 30,000 households kept farm animals. Chickens, cattle and goats were kept most frequently.
  • Fishing: There is fishing in Lake Malawi. Ten tons of fish were caught every month in the 2014/2015 season.
  • Mining: Gold is mined in the Dar Pori area near Msumbiji.
Road to Mbamba Bay
Melanochromis Maingano from Lake Malawi
  • Tourism: Tourism is only poorly developed, the main attractions are the Liparamba game reserve and Lake Malawi with its sandy beaches and cichlids .
  • Roads: the district has a road network of 1,300 kilometers, of which 23 kilometers are national roads and 340 kilometers are regional roads. About a third of the roads are open all year round (as of 2015). The main connection is the T12 national road from Songea to Mbamba Bay.

Nature reserves, sights

  • Malawi cichlids: Around 500 species of fish live in Lake Malawi, many of them endemic . The largest share are made up of the cichlids, which are very popular with aquarists because of their brilliant colors .
  • Liparamba Game Reserve: This 570 square kilometer game reserve was established in 2000 as a corridor between the Selous Game Reserve and the Niassa Game Reserve in Mozambique. Elephants, antelopes, hippos, crocodiles, mongooses and many species of birds live in the Miombo forests along the Ruvuma River .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, pp. 40–42 , accessed on January 19, 2020 ( http://www.nyasadc.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public /5bf/2dd/16d/5bf2dd16def68114184534.pdf ).
  2. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, p. 5 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  3. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 10 Ruvuma Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 15 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, pp. 8–9 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ History | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, pp. 7–8 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  7. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 10 Ruvuma Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 15, 68, 71 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Statistics | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ Health | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, p. 51 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  11. ↑ News | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (Swahili).
  12. ↑ Water services | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (Swahili).
  13. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, p. 43 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, p. 14 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  15. ^ Economic Activity (Agriculture) | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  16. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 10 Ruvuma Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Economic Activity (Fishing) | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, pp. 25–26 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Economic Activity (Mining) | Nyasa District Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Home | Nyasa District Council | Documents. (PDF) In: Nyasa District Council Profile 2015. Nyasa District Council, June 2015, pp. 27–28 , accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  21. ^ Tanzania Trunk Road Network. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Malawi cichlids at a glance. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Tanzania in Figures 2018. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics, June 2019, p. 9 , accessed January 19, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Vanessa Busse: Liparamba Game Reserve. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .