Ruangwa (District)

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Ruangwa District
Location of the Ruangwa district in Tanzania
Location of the Ruangwa district in Tanzania
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Lindi
surface 2516 km²
Residents 131,080 (2012)
density 52 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-12

Coordinates: 10 ° 5 ′  S , 38 ° 56 ′  E

Ruangwa is a district in the Tanzanian region of Lindi with the administrative center in the city of Ruangwa . The district is bordered by the Kilwa District to the north, the Lindi District to the east, the Mtwara Region to the south and the Nachingwea District to the west .

geography

Ruangwa is 2516 square kilometers and has 131,080 inhabitants (as of 2012). The region is bounded in the north by the Mbwemburu River , to the south the land rises to the Rondo Mountains up to 800 meters above sea level. A northeast wind blows from June to October and a southeast wind from November to May. This southeast wind brings humid air, which means that the rainy season lasts from mid-November to May. It rains 800 to 1200 millimeters a year, more in the east and in the mountains than in the west. The climate is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification .

history

The district was established in 1995.

Administrative division

The district is divided into 21 districts (wards):

Ward Residents

2012

Chibula 2,937
Chienjele 8,691
Chinongwe 7,700
Chunyu 5,810
Likunja 8,425
Luchelegwa 4,528
Makanjiro 3,323
Malolo 7,405
Mandarawe 3,796
Mandawa 6,662
Matambarale 5,071
Mbekenyera 11,257
Mnacho 6,607
Nachingwea 8,142
Nambilaje 6,182
Namichiga 5,165
Nandagala 5.134
Nanganga 4,959
Scar bomb 8,407
Nkowe 5,264
Ruangwa 5,435

population

In 2002 the district had 124,009 inhabitants. This corresponds to an annual growth rate of 0.6 percent until 2012, the lowest rate in the region. In 2012, ten percent lived in urban areas and ninety percent in rural areas. Of those over five years of age, 58 percent could read and write Swahili and five percent English, 37 percent were illiterate (as of 2012).

Facilities and services
  • Education: In the district there are elementary schools in 83 of the 90 villages and a secondary school in 15 (as of 2018).
  • Health: A hospital, four health centers and 34 pharmacies are available to provide medical care for the population. Almost half of the diseases treated are malaria cases (as of 2016).
  • Water: 45 percent of the population has access to safe and clean water, a third has the water source within 400 meters.

Economy and Infrastructure

The majority of the population works in agriculture, three percent in the household and five percent are self-employed or employed in other branches of the economy.

  • Agriculture: Mainly corn, cassava , millet, rice, peas and cowpeas are grown for personal use, cashew nuts, sesame , onions, tomatoes and peanuts are intended for sale (as of 2016). More than ninety percent of rural households own farm animals. Mainly chickens and cattle are kept (as of 2012).
  • Natural resources: 500 million tons of graphite coal are stored in Ruangwa. Color- changing garnets are found in Nandagala .
  • Roads: The district has 200 kilometers of regional roads, 300 kilometers of district roads and 180 kilometers of village roads. Almost all of the regional roads are passable even in the rainy season, around eighty percent of the district roads.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lindi (Region, Tanzania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Strategic Plan for the Years 2017/2018 to 2021/2022. (pdf) pp. 7–8 , accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xc37-2, Map 500k - xc37-4 , accessed November 20, 2019 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Ruangwa climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Ruangwa weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Historia | Ruangwa District Council. Regional Administration and Local Government, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, p. 84 , accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  7. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 08 Lindi Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 15, 29, 70 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  8. ^ Education Services. Regional Administration and Local Government, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Statistics | Ruangwa District Council. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Huduma za Afya | Ruangwa District Council. Retrieved December 10, 2019 (Swahili).
  11. ↑ Strategic Plan for the Years 2017/2018 to 2021/2022. (pdf) p. 10 , accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Strategic Plan for the Years 2017/2018 to 2021/2022. (pdf) p. 6 , accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  13. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 08 Lindi Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 92 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Agriculture (Kilomo) | Ruangwa District Council. Retrieved December 10, 2019 (Swahili).
  15. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 08 Lindi Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 127, 130 , accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Ruangwa Graphite deposits and its characters district Ruangwa, Lindi Region, Tanzania. (pdf) American Geosciences Institute, November 28, 2016, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Mineral Atlas - Fossil Atlas. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Mining (Madini) | Ruangwa District Council. Retrieved December 10, 2019 (Swahili).