Singida (district)

District  Singida Singida (District) (Tanzania)
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
region	Singida
surface	4508 km²
Residents	375,900 (2012)
density	83 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-23

Coordinates: 5 ° 40 ′  S , 33 ° 18 ′  E

Singida is one of the five districts of the Singida region in Tanzania . The administrative center is the city of Singida , which is also the regional capital. The district borders in the northwest on the district Mkalama , the northeast and the east by the region Manyara and the south and the west by the district Ikungi .

Inselbergs

The main street in Singida town.

geography

The district has an area of ​​4508 square kilometers and around 376,000 inhabitants (2012 census). It is located on the northern part of the Tanzanian central plateau at an altitude of 1200 to 1500 meters. The landscape is characterized by massive granite rock peaks called Inselbergs. Drainage takes place via the small rivers Ponde and Bubu, which flow into the Bahi swamp , or via the Njombe river , which flows into the Ruaha . The climate in the district is a local steppe climate, BSh according to the effective climate classification . There are large local and annual fluctuations in precipitation, with an average of 600 to 800 millimeters per year. The rainy season lasts from December to March, the months of April to November are very dry. The daily average temperatures also fluctuate strongly with values ​​between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius, the warmest month is November.

history

The Singida district was established in 1983, and in 2005 Singida Urban was promoted to city council. Since the split of the Ikungi district in 2013, the district has its current size.

Administrative division

Location of the Singida district (city and country) in the Singida region.

Singida consists of two constituencies (councils), the city council and the district council. The area of ​​the district council is divided into three divisions and 21 parishes (wards), Singida City into two divisions and into 16 parishes (as of 2012):

Constituency (Council)	Divisions	surface km 2
Singida District (DC)	Mtinko	1466
	Ilongero	1466
	Mgori	855
Singida City (MC)	2	721

Singida Land (DC)

• Mudida
• Makuro
• Ikhanoda
• Mwasauya
• Msange
• Maghojoa
• Itaja
• Ngimu
• Mughunga
• Mgori
• Mughamo
• Kinyagigi
• Merya
• Kinyeto
• Ntonge
• Ilongero
• Mrama
• Kijota
• Mtinko
• Ughandi
• Msisi

Singida City (MC)

• Mtipa
• Mughanga
• Mitunduruni
• Majengo
• Unyambwa
• Mungumaji
• Unyamikumbi
• Mtamaa
• Kindai
• Ipembe
• Utemini
• Mwankoko
• Mandewa
• Minga
• Misuna
• Uhamaka

population

The largest ethnic groups in the district are the Nyaturu, Nyiramba, Sukuma , Taturu, Barbaig, Hadzabe and the Kimbu. The population has been growing rapidly since 2002. The weak growth between 1988 and 2002 is due to the separation of the Ikungi district. In 2012, around half of those over the age of five spoke Swahili, six percent in rural areas and eight percent in cities spoke English and Swahili. Around a quarter were illiterate in the country and only 18 percent in the city. Council Residents 1988 Residents 2002 Residents 2012 Land Council (DC) 185.135 190,469 225,521 City Council (MC) 81,528 114,853 150.379 total 266,663 305,322 375,900

Singida DC

Singida MC

Facilities and services

• Education: In 2015 there were 95 primary schools in the Land Council, 93 of which were state-run. In the city council, seven out of 54 primary schools were operated privately. There was at least one secondary school in every municipality of the Land Council, a total of 26 state and three private secondary schools in the Rural Council and 22 in the City Council.
• Health: A hospital, two health centers and 28 pharmacies were available in Singida DC in 2015 to provide medical care for the population. The most common cause of death was malaria (as of 2010).

Economy and Infrastructure Agriculture: The most important crops for self-sufficiency are maize, millet, cassava and potatoes. Sunflowers in particular, but also coriander, onions, sesame, cotton and cashew nuts are grown for sale (as of 2017). In 2012, almost three quarters of the 41,000 households in the Land Council kept livestock; in the City Council, more than a third of the 30,000 households. The animals kept most frequently were chickens and cattle. Trade: Especially in the city council, trade makes a decisive contribution to the district's income. Railway: A branch line of the Tanganyika railway , which branches off in Manyoni and runs from Dar es Salaam via Dodoma to Lake Tanganyika , leads to Singida . Road: Singida is connected to Dodoma and Dar es Salaam by a paved national road. The national road to the north to Arusha is also paved, while the national road to the west to Lake Tanganyika is partially asphalted . Ten percent of the approximately 700 kilometers of country roads are gravel, 90 percent are dirt roads.

Street sales of sunflower oil.

politics

In Singida, a district council and a municipal council are elected every five years . Elia Digha chairs the district council and Gwae Chima Mbua (as of 2020).

Web links

• Singida land
• Singida city

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 16 , accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Singida Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2017, pp. 3, 7 , accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Singida climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Singida weather averages - Climate-Data.org. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) Singida District Council, pp. 14-17 , accessed on June 3, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Singida Municipal Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2017, p. 2 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
6. ↑ History | Singida District Council. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
7. ↑ History | Singida Municipal Council. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
8. ↑ History | Ikungi District Council. Retrieved June 3, 2020 (Swahili). 
9. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, March 2013, pp. 125, 127 , accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Singida Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2017, p. 85 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
11. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 73 , accessed April 8, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Singida Municipal Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2017, p. 6 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Singida Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2017, pp. 65, 68 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Takwimu | Statistics. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (Swahili). 
15. ↑ Singida Municipal Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2017, p. 48 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Singida Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2017, p. 90 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) Singida District Council, p. 36 , accessed on June 3, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Singida Municipal Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2017, pp. 33, 35 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
19. Jump up ↑ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 13 Singida Regional Profiles. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 132, 135 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Singida Municipal Council, Strategic Plan 2016 / 17–2020 / 21. (PDF) June 2017, p. 45 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
21. ↑ TRL TIMETABLE. Retrieved April 9, 2020 . 
22. ^ Trunk and Regional Roads Network. (PDF) March 2018, accessed June 5, 2020 . 
23. ↑ Singida Socio-Economic Profile 2015. (PDF) The United Republic of Tanzania, June 2017, p. 112 , accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
24. ↑ Siegfried Schröder and Elke Kuhne: Elections in Tanzania 2015. (PDF) Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, November 9, 2015, p. 3 , accessed on June 3, 2020 . 
25. ↑ Mwanzo | Home Singida DC. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
26. ↑ Mwanzo | Home Singida MC. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .