Sikonge (District)

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Sikonge District
location
Basic data
Country Tanzania
region Tabora
surface 27,873 km²
Residents 179,883 (2012)
density 6.5 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TZ-24

Coordinates: 5 ° 38 ′  S , 32 ° 45 ′  E

Sikonge is one of the seven districts of the Tabora region in Tanzania with the administrative seat in the city of the same name, Sikonge . The district borders the Urambo and Uyui districts in the north, the Singida region in the east, the Mbeya region in the south and the Katavi region in the west .

geography

Sikonge has an area of ​​27,873 square kilometers and is very sparsely populated with around 180,000 inhabitants (2012 census). The country lies on the Tanzanian central plateau at an altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level, in the east it rises up to 1500 meters. The area is traversed by the Ugalla River and its tributary Wala. They drain into Lake Tanganyika via the Malagarasi . The district is heavily forested with miombo trees. The climate in the district is tropical, Aw according to the effective climate classification . The precipitation is 1000 millimeters per year. The rainy season begins in November and ends in April, with hardly any rain from June to September. The annual average temperature in the district capital is 21.5 degrees Celsius, the warmest month is October.

history

Until 1996, Sikonge was part of the Tabora district, which is also called Uyui. Then the district became independent, but did not begin to work independently until 1997.

Location of the Sikonge district in the Tabora region.

Administrative division

The district is divided into the two divisions Sikonge and Kiwere and consists of twenty parishes (wards, as of 2020):

  • Chabutva
  • Igigwa
  • Ipole
  • Kiloleli
  • Kiloli
  • Kipanga
  • Kipili
  • Kisanga
  • Kitunda
  • Nyahua
  • Misheni
  • mole
  • Mpombwe
  • Ngoywa
  • Mkolye
  • Pangale
  • Sikonge
  • Tutuo
  • Usunga
  • Kilumbi

population

The population rose from 132,733 in the 2002 census to 179,883 in 2012. This corresponds to an annual growth of three percent and a doubling every 23 years. In 2012, 45 percent of those over the age of five spoke Swahili and five percent spoke Swahili and English. Almost half were illiterate.

Facilities and services
  • Education: There are 95 elementary schools and nineteen high schools in the district.
  • Water: The supply of safe and clean water rose from five percent in 2005 to 39 percent in 2017.

Economy and Infrastructure

  • Agriculture: Agriculture is the main economic activity. The main crops are corn, millet, cassava and tobacco.
  • Forestry: The forest area has decreased in the last few decades. Reasons are the expansion of the cultivation of mainly tobacco and the clearing for firewood and charcoal.
  • Mining: Some gold is mined in Kitunda.
  • Roads: The national road leading south from the regional capital Tabora runs through the district. It is not paved and divides south of the district capital. The southeastern branch leads to Mbeya , the western to Mpanda (as of 2018).

politics

In Sikonge, a district council is elected every five years. In addition to the 21 elected representatives, seven appointed members sit on the council. The chairman is Peter Mihayo Nzalalila (as of 2020).Template: future / in 4 years

Attractions

  • Ugalla River National Park : The district is part of this almost 5000 square kilometer national park in the northwest. The area was established as a game reserve in 1965 and declared a national park in 2019. Elephants, buffalo, lions, leopards, giraffes, zebras and large herds of antelopes live in miombo forests and grass savannahs, and there are crocodiles in the Ugalla River.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c History | Sikonge District Council. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  2. ^ Maps of the World. Russian Army Maps, S. Map 500k - xb36-1, Map 500k - xb36-2, Map 500k - xb36-3, Map 500k - xb36-4 , accessed June 9, 2020 (Russian).
  3. ↑ George F. Masanja: Population Dynamics and the Contraction of the Miombo Woodland Ecozone: A case study of Sikonge District, Tabora Region Tanzania. (PDF) Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2013, p. 194 , accessed on June 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Sikonge climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Sikonge weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
  5. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 14 Tabora Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 16, 75 , accessed on June 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Takwimu | Statistics. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Water | Sikonge District Council. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Kilimo (agriculture). Retrieved June 9, 2020 (Swahili).
  9. ↑ George F. Masanja: Population Dynamics and the Contraction of the Miombo Woodland Ecozone: A case study of Sikonge District, Tabora Region Tanzania. (PDF) Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2013, p. 202 , accessed on June 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Uchimbaji wa Madini (mining). Retrieved June 9, 2020 (Swahili).
  11. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. March 2018, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  12. ^ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 9, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Councilors | Sikonge District Council. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Mwanzo | Home. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
  15. ^ Ugalla River National Park. In: Ratel Adventures. Retrieved June 10, 2020 (American English).