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Chifunfu
Chifunfu is a ward of Sengerema District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. According to the census held in 2016, the ward has 26,337 residents living within its borders. Its postal code is 33325. Geography Chifunfu is the northernmost ward of Sengerema District. It is located on a peninsula surrounded by the Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropics, tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface are ... to three directions. Its average elevation is at 1,140 metres above the sea level. Villages The ward consists of the following 9 villages: * Lyakanyasi * Kaku * Kanyatenga * Kijiweni * Luchanga * Magamelo * Mlumo * Ngoma Mtimba * Mnazi Mmoja References {{Reflist Sengerema District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengerema District
Sengerema District is one of seven districts in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative headquarter is located in Sengerema city. It is bordered to the north and east by Lake Victoria, to the south by Geita Region Geita Region (''Mkoa wa Geita'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 Regions of Tanzania, administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of ... and to the southeast by the Misungwi District. Sengerema district is known for having numerous lake islands in its territory the largest are Maisome Island and Kome Island. Demographics In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 377,649 people in the district, from 663,034 in 2012. Administrative subdivisions Sengerema District is divided into 3 divisions, 26 wards, 71 villages and 421 hamlets (vitongoji). Constituencies For parliamentary elections, Tanzania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Tanzania
The administrative divisions of Tanzania are controlled by Part I, Article 2.2 of the Constitution of Tanzania.Article 2.2 provides: ''For the purpose of the efficient discharge of the functions of the Government of the United Republic or of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, the President may, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law or provisions of such law as may be enacted by Parliament, divide the United Republic into regions, districts and other areas: Provided that the President shall first consult with the President of Zanzibar before dividing Tanzania Zanzibar into regions, districts or other areas.'' Tanzania is divided into thirty-one regions (''mkoa'' in Swahili). Each region is subdivided into districts (''wilaya'' in Swahili). The districts are sub-divided into divisions (''tarafa'' in Swahili) and further into local wards (''kata'' in Swahili). Wards are further subdivided for management purposes: for urban wards into streets (''mtaa'' in Swah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Tanzania
Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (''wikt:mkoa, mkoa''). History * In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region. * In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region. * In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu. * In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region. List of regions Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions. See also *Districts of Tanzania *List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index *List of regions of Tanzania by GDP *List of regions of Tanzania by poverty rate *ISO 3166-2:TZ Notes References {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Regions of Tanzania, Subdivisions of Tanzania Lists of administrative divisions, Tanzania, Regions Administrative divisions in Africa, Tanzania 1 First-level administrative divisions by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Tanzania
As of 2021, there are 31 regions of Tanzania, regions (Swahili: mkoa, plural mikoa) of Tanzania which are divided into 184 districts (Swahili: wilayah, wilaya). In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region. The districts are each administered by a district council. Cities are separately administered by their own councils, and while administratively within a region, are not considered to be located within a district. The districts are listed below, by unofficial area then region: Ten most populated districts # Kinondoni District, Kinondoni Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,775,049 inhabitants) # Temeke District, Temeke Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,368,881 inhabitants) # Ilala District, Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,220,611 inhabitants) # Geita District, Geita District Council, Geita Region (807,619 inhabitants) # Sengerema District, Sengerema District Council, Mwanza Region (663,034 inhabitants) # Muleba D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwanza Region
Mwanza Region (''Mkoa wa Mwanza'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions, covering a total land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia. Mwanza Region is bordered to the north through Lake Victoria by the Kagera Region and Mara Region, to the east by Simiyu Region, to the south by the Shinyanga Region and to the west by Geita Region. The regional capital is the city of Mwanza. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 3,699,872 and national census of 2012 had 2,772,509. Mwanza Region is the second region with high population in Tanzania after Dar es Salaam Region. History First communities According to oral history, around c.1500 a group of 250 Bantu peoples, Bantu people, from the shores north of modern Geita, looking for a new home. The group was led by the son of the king of the Lushamba Kingdom. When reaching what is nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Africa Time
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed. East Africa Time is observed by the following countries: * * * * * * * * * See also * Moscow Time, an equivalent time zone covering Belarus, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... and most of European Russia, also at UTC+03:00 * Arabia Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. According to a 2024 estimate, Tanzania has a population of around 67.5 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included South Cushitic languages, Southern Cushitic speakers similar to modern day Iraqw people who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotic languages, Southern Nilotes, including the Datooga people, Datoog, who originated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Bureau Of Statistics (Tanzania)
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The National Bureau of Statistics is a branch of the Government of Tanzania which has the mandate to provide official statistics to the Government of Tanzania, business community and the public at large. It is based in Dodoma and obtains a wide range of economic, social and demographic statistics about the country. The bureau compiled data on every village in Tanzania for the censuses of 2002, 2012 and 2022, but also provides the results of the previous censuses of 1967, 1978 and 1988. References External linksOfficial site Government agencies of Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropics, tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America. In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's list of lakes by volume, ninth-largest continental lake, containing about of water. Lake Victoria occupies a shallow Depression (geology), depression in Africa. The lake has an average depth of and a maximum depth of .United Nations, ''Development and Harmonisation of Environmental Laws Volume 1: Report on the Legal and Institutional Issues in the Lake Victoria Basin'', United Nations, 1999, page 17 Its drainage basin, catchment area covers . The lake has a shoreline of when digitized at the 1:25,000 level, with islands constituting 3.7% of this length. The lake's area is divided among three countries: Tanzania occupies 49% (), Uganda 45% (), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
