Igunga District

Igunga District
District
Country Tanzania
RegionTabora Region
Area
 • Total
7,064 km2 (2,727 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
546,204
 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)

Igunga is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Singida Region, to the south by the Uyui District and to the west by the Nzega District. Its administrative seat is the town of Igunga. Igunga is now divided by two Constituencys: Igunga Constituency and Manonga Constituency, whereby Manonga town is Choma Chankola. Igunga is the second district in production

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Igunga District was 325,547. [1].

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 399,727.[1]

According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 546,204 in 2022.[2]

Transport

Paved Trunk road T3 from Morogoro to Rwanda passes through the district from east to west.[3]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Igunga District was administratively divided into 35 wards.[1]

Wards

  • Igunga
  • Bukoko
  • Mtunguru
  • Nanga
  • Itumba
  • Nguvumoja
  • Mbutu
  • Isakamaliwa
  • Igurubi
  • Kinungu
  • Itunduru
  • Kining'inila
  • Mwamashiga
  • Mwamashimba
  • Mwamakona
  • Choma Chankola
  • Ngulu
  • Ntobo
  • Mwashiku
  • Ziba
  • Ibologero
  • Nyandekwa
  • Kitangiri
  • Ndembezi
  • Nkinga
  • Ugaka
  • Simbo
  • Mwisi
  • Chabutwa
  • Sungwisi
  • Kambi ya chupa
  • Mwamala
  • Uswaya
  • Tambarale
  • Igoweko

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b Igunga is known also in livestock keeping "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/Census2022/Administrative_units_Population_Distribution_Report_Tanzania_volume1a.pdf p.142
  3. ^ "Road Networks". Tanroads. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

4°20′S 33°45′E / 4.333°S 33.750°E / -4.333; 33.750


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