Tanga (region)

tanga
Basic data
Country	Tanzania
Capital	tanga
surface	27,348 km²
Residents	2,045,205 (2012)
density	75 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TZ-25
politics
Regional Commissioner	Martine Reuben Shigela

Coordinates: 5 ° 4 ′  S , 39 ° 6 ′  E

Tanga is one of the total of 31 administrative regions in Tanzania , in the northeast of the state, its capital is also called Tanga . The region is bordered by the Kilimanjaro region in the north, Kenya in the northeast, the Indian Ocean in the east, the Pwani and Morogoro regions in the south and the Manyara region in the west .

geography

The region is 27,348 square kilometers and has around 2 million inhabitants (2012 census).

The Pangani River

Tanga consists of:

• The plain of the Umba River in the northeast: The Umba rises in the Usambara Mountains . There is a lot of precipitation here in the season of short rains, so that the river has its highest water level in December.
• The plain of the Pangani River in the southwest: The river has its source on Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru in the Kilimanjaro region. Important tributaries are the Mkomazi and the Luengera , which have their source in the Usambara Mountains.
• The Usambara Mountains between the plains of the Umba and Pangani rivers: the highest point is the Sungwi at 2293 meters.
• The coastal strip and the offshore islands on the Indian Ocean.

In the Tanga region there are different climate zones, from the subtropical oceanic highland climate (Cwb according to the effective climate classification ) to the tropical monsoon climate (Am) to the oceanic climate (Cfb). However, sixty percent of the area has a tropical savannah climate (Aw).

Climate table Tanga Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32.3 33 33.3 31.1 29.7 29.3 28.5 28.6 29.2 30.2 31.2 32.2 O 30.7 Min. Temperature (° C) 23.4 23.4 23.6 22.3 22.3 20.9 20.1 19.8 20.1 21.1 22.4 23.2 O 21.9 Temperature (° C) 27.8 28.2 28.4 27.1 26th 25.1 24.3 24.2 24.6 25.6 26.8 27.7 O 26.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 30th 27 98 225 294 84 69 63 78 106 140 76 Σ 1,290 Source: climate-data.org

history

Finds in the foothills of the Pare and Usambara Mountains show that the country was settled as early as the Iron Age. The capital Tanga was founded by Persian traders in the 14th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries the Shamba ethnic group dominated the area, in the 18th century Ottoman Arabs raided the coast. From 1840 onwards, Arab and Swahili traders advanced inland to buy ivory and slaves. In the 1880s the country came under German rule, after the end of the First World War the British took it over. The area around Tanga belonged to Tanganyika until it gained independence. The region was originally called Tanga Province. However, this also included the Same and Mwanga districts, which now belong to the Kilimanjaro region.

Districts and councils of the Tanga region

Administrative division

The Tanga region is divided into eight districts and ten councils (Panganai DC, Mkinga DC, Muheza DC, Tanga CC , Korogwe DC, Korogwe TC, Handeni DC, Handeni TC, Kilindi DC and Lushoto DC):

District	Residents 1988	Residents 2002	Residents 2012
Lushoto	357.492	418,652	492,441
Korogwe	218,849	260.238	310.346
Muheza	229.139	182.935	204,461
tanga	186,818	242,640	273,332
Pangani	37,670	43,920	54.025
Handeni	250.244	248,633	355.702
Kilindi	n / A	143,792	236.833
Mkinga	n / A	95,470	118.065

population

In 2012, 43 percent of the region's population were under 15 years old and only five percent were over 65 (as of 2012).

The largest ethnic groups in Tanga are the Shambaa (Sambara) Zigula Language , Bondei and the Mijikenda counting Digo .

Facilities and services Education: In 1995 the Tanga region had 678 elementary schools and 41 secondary schools. A third of the over-five year olds attended school, eight percent had dropped out of school, forty percent finished school and twenty percent had never attended school (as of 2012). Health: There were 13 hospitals, 17 health centers and 248 pharmacies in the region (as of 1996).

Tanga station

Airport thong

Economy and Infrastructure

Of those over ten, 62 percent were employed, eight percent worked in the household, 24 percent in training, two percent unemployed and four percent unable to work. More than three quarters of the employees worked in agriculture (as of 2012). Agriculture: Only a quarter of the 1,700,000 hectares of arable land was cultivated in 1997. Mainly corn, cassava, bananas and rice were grown. Mainly poultry, goats, cattle and sheep were kept on farm animals (as of 2012). Fish farming is not common in the region. Less than one percent of households dealt with it. Tourism: The most famous destinations for tourism in the region are the sea beaches on the Indian Ocean, such as Pangani Beech and the Usambara Mountains.

• Roads: The Tanga region has a road network of 3907 kilometers. Of these, 327 kilometers are paved national roads and 1,485 kilometers are regional roads, of which 176 kilometers are paved (as of 2018). The main connections are the national roads T2 and T13. The T2 crosses the region from south to north, from where the T13 branches off, which continues through the capital Tanga to Kenya.
• Railroad: The Tanga railway line was closed in 2007 but reopened in 2019. It leads from the capital Tanga at the foot of the Usambara Mountains to Moshi and on to Arusha .
• Airport: Tanga Airport is located west of the capital Tanga and has an asphalt runway of 1260 meters.
• Port: Tanga is a small seaport with an annual turnover of 700,000 tons (as of 2019).
• Energy: Two run-of-river power stations on the Pangani River supply electrical energy: The Pangani Fall power station was opened in 1994 and has a nominal output of 68 MW. The Hale power plant went online in 1961 and has a nominal output of 21 MW.

Nature reserves, sights

Amboni caves

Tongoni ruins

• Amani Nature Reserve: In the southernmost part of the Usambara Mountains, this 8,380 hectare forest area is located in the Muheza and Korogwe districts at an altitude of between 300 and 1100 meters.
• Amboni Caves: The Amboni Caves are limestone caves from the Jura , eight kilometers north of the city of Tanga. Out of ten caves explored, one is open for guided tours.
• Tongoni Ruins: Tongoni was a thriving trading center in the 15th century. The ruins of a mosque and forty graves date from this period. Now Tongoni is a small fishing village 17 kilometers south of Tanga.

Others

• Church: The diocese of Tanga of the Catholic Church has around 235,000 members. Other large denominations are Islam , the Evangelical Church and the Anglican Church .

Web links

• Tanga region

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Bureau of Statistics & Office of Chief Government Statistician: Basic Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile, Statistical Tables, Tanzania Mainland . Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar 2014, on www.tanzania.go.tz, PDF document p. 15 (English)
2. ^ Tanga Region, Socio Economic Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, April 1997, p. 1 , accessed October 29, 2019 . 
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4. ^ Temporal Flow Variations: A Challenge for Water Management in Tanzania. University of Dar Es Salaam, accessed October 30, 2019 . 
5. ^ Pangani River System. (pdf) Pangani Basin Water Board, 2011, p. 6 , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
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8. ^ Climate Data, Tanga. Retrieved October 30, 2019 . 
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11. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 20 , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
12. ^ Tanga Region, Socio Economic Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, April 1997, pp. 116–118 , accessed October 29, 2019 . 
13. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 78 , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
14. ^ Tanga Region, Socio Economic Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, April 1997, p. 132 , accessed on October 29, 2019 . 
15. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 96–97 , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
16. ^ Tanga Region, Socio Economic Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, April 1997, pp. 160-164 , accessed on October 29, 2019 . 
17. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, pp. 133, 136 , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
18. ^ Tanzania Regional Profiles, 05 Tanga Regional Profiles. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, 2016, p. 138 , accessed October 30, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Popote Africa, Tanga Region. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
20. ^ Tanga Region, Socio Economic Profile. (pdf) The United Republic of Tanzania, April 1997, p. 82 , accessed on October 29, 2019 . 
21. ↑ TANROADS Official Website :: Regional Roads Network. Retrieved January 28, 2020 . 
22. ↑ Mapcarta, Tanga. Retrieved October 30, 2019 . 
23. ^ Daily News, Tanga-Moshi Railway relaunched. October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
24. ↑ World Airport Codes, Tanga. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
25. ↑ Tanzania Ports Authority, Tanga Seaport. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
26. ^ Tanzania Electric Supply Company, Pangani Hydro System. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
27. ^ Tanzania Electric Supply Company, Hale Hydro Power Plant. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
28. ^ Tanzania Forest Services, Amani Nature Reserve. The United republic of Tanzania, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
29. ↑ Tanzania Tourist Board, Amboni Caves. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
30. ↑ TouristLink, Tongoni Ruins. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
31. ↑ Diocese of Tanga. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .