Arumeru District (

Meru District Meru or Meru District Council is one of the seven districts councils of the Arusha Region of Tanzania.The District covers an area of . and has an max elevation of . Meru District is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Siha ...

and

Arusha Rural District Arusha District Council (also known as Arusha Rural District) is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Arumeru District, Meru District, to the south by Kiliman ...

) is a former

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in the

Arusha Region Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census). Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern ...

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. It was bordered to the north, west, and southwest by

Monduli District Monduli is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Arusha Rural District, to the south by the Manyara Region and to the west ...

, to the southeast by the city of

Arusha Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census). Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern b ...

, and to the east by the

Kilimanjaro Region Kilimanjaro Region (''Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital and largest city is the municipality of Moshi. With a HDI of 0.613, Kilimajaro is one among the most developed regions ...

. , the population of the Arumeru District was 516,814.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Arumeru District had two constituencies, Arumeru West (Arumeru Magharibi) Constituency and Arumeru East (Arumeru Mashariki) Constituency.

Divisions

Beginning in 2007 Arumeru District has been administered by two district councils: Arusha District Council and Meru District Council. Arusha District Council administers three divisions, 20 wards, 75 villages, 294 hamlets and 64,339 households. Meru District Council administers three divisions, 17 wards, 71 villages and 281 subvillages.

Wards

The Arumeru District is administratively divided into 37

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Akheri Akheri is an administrative ward in the Meru District district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. Akheri ward is home to Lake Duluti. The largest settlement in the ward is the town of Tengeru. The ward is also home to Polish refugees WWII ...

Bangata Bangata is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Af ...

Bwawani Bwawani is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the A ...

Ilkiding'a Ilkiding'a is an administrative ward in the Arumeru district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afr ...

Kikatiti Kikatiti is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afric ...

Kikwe Kikwe is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Grea ...

Kimnyaki Kimnyaki is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The name "Kimnyaki" means we are lucky in Maasai Maasai may refer to: * Maasai people *Maasai language * Maasai mythology * MAASAI (band) See also ...

King'ori King'ori is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African G ...

* Kiranyi *

Kisongo Kisongo is an administrative ward and small town in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 8,769. It is located in the outskirts of Arusha, about 7 km ...

Leguruki Leguruki is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward is home to ober 60 small lakes and is the lake ward of Meru district and also home to the eastern section of Arusha National Park. The ward is bor ...

Makiba Makiba is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward is bordered by Mererani ward located in Manyara Region which is the only source of Tanzanite Tanzanite is the blue and violet variety of the min ...

* Lemanyata *

Maji ya Chai Maji ya Chai is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward is home to the University of Arusha is also where the gate of Arusha National Park is located. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a ...

Maroroni Maroroni is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African ...

Mateves Mateves is a Tanzanian administrative ward located in Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region. It is one of 21 administrative wards in the district. Mateves means places where the fever tree grows in the Maasai language. Mateves ward is borde ...

Mbuguni Mbuguni is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The road that goes to Mererani, Manyara Region actually passes through Mbuguni ward. Making Mbuguni a trade route for the Tanzanite Tanzanite is the blu ...

Mlangarini Mlangarini is an administrative ward in the Arumeru district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afr ...

Moivo Moivo is an administrative ward in the Arumeru district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 20,562. The ward is the second most populous ward in the district after Sokon II Sokon I ...

Moshono Moshono is an administrative ward located in Arusha District, Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is one of 19 urban administrative wards in the municipality. Moshono ward is bordered by four wards to the north namely; Bangata, Baraa and Nkoanrua. Mosho ...

Murieti Murieti was an administrative ward in the Arumeru district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African ...

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Mwandeti Mwandeti is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...

Nduruma Nduruma, is a administrative ward in Arusha Rural District in the east Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mlangarini, to the south by Bwawani, and to the east by Kikwe ward of the Meru District. The ward covers an a ...

Ngarenanyuki Ngarenanyuki is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afric ...

Nkoanrua Nkoanrua is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African G ...

Nkoaranga Nkoaranga is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. the ward is home to part of the Arusha National Park, Nkoaranga Hospital and the Ngaresero Lodge. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total popul ...

Nkoarisambu Nkoarisambu is an administrative ward in the Meru District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afri ...

Oldonyosambu Oldonyosambu is an administrative ward in the Arumeru district of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The name is derived from the Maasai Maasai may refer to: * Maasai people *Maasai language * Maasai mythology * MAASAI (band) See also * Masai (dis ...

Oljoro Oljoro is an administrative ward in the Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The ward is home to Mungu Crater Mungu Crater is a volcanic crater in Oljoro ward and Mateves ward in Arusha Rural District located in Arusha Reg ...

* Olkokola *

Oltroto Oltroto or also spelt as ''Oltoroto'' is a Tanzanian administrative ward located in Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region. ''Oltoroto'' means "a place to collect chalk" in Maasai language. The ward is bordered by Ilkiding'a to the north, S ...

Oltrumet Oltrumet is an administrative ward in the Arusha District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The name of the ward is from a Maasai Maasai may refer to: * Maasai people *Maasai language * Maasai mythology * MAASAI (band) See also * Masai (disam ...

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* Singisi *

Sokoni II Sokon II (''Kata ya Sokon II'', in Swahili) is one of the 27 administrative wards of the Arusha District Council located in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The name Sokon comes from the Swahili word for market, ''sokoni''. The ward shares a si ...

Songoro Songoro is an administrative ward in the Chemba District of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afric ...

* Usa River

Economy

The district economy is almost entirely agricultural, consisting mostly of subsistence farming and livestock raising. Exports from the few large-scale commercial horticultural farms bring in most of the money in the district. In 2012, that economy in Arumeru District was threatened when, local landless residents forcibly occupied some of those commercial farms.

References

Districts of Arusha Region {{Arusha-geo-stub