Terrat is a ward and village in the Simanjiro district about 80 km from

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. The population in the area is

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who regularly gather in the village for its market where animals, cloths, kitchen utensils etc. are sold. The buildings in the village are one-storeyed, mostly cement walled with corrugated iron roofs, scattered at the banks of a small river. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 8,586.

Conservation

Terrat lies in the Simanjiro Plains, an important wet-season grazing area between

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and

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. Expanding crop production has come in conflict with wildlife, leading to government restrictions on cultivation in the plains. Terrat has been at the center of the Simanjiro Conservation Easement, a novel

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scheme, since 2008. This contractual agreement between the village and a consortium of tourism vendors obligates villagers to forgo agricultural activities in some areas in return for annual cash payments of 5 million Tanzanian shillings (US$3000 or €2300 as of January 2013).

Notable people

* James Ole Millya, former

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District Commissioner. * Martin Kariongi Ole Sanago, founder and former CEO of the Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement-IOPA

Development projects

The

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Institute for Orkonerei Pastoralists Advancement-IOPA has a variety of activities in the village. One project is an FM radio station Orkonerei FM Radio Service, broadcasting primarily in Maa and

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. The radio station went on air in 2003 and is partly funded by the

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.SIDA In 2009 the group began building a

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-fired electrical power plant in Terrat. The project was funded by the

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Economic activities

The main economic activities within village are livestock keeping, small scale farming and normal trading of goods and services. There are small retail shops, small restaurants, bars, welding workshops and carpentry workshops. There is also one petrol station serving the village and the ward situated along the

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Kiteto Kiteto District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Simanjiro District, to the east by the Tanga Region and to the south and west by the Dodoma Region. The district headquarters are l ...

road which passes through Terrat village.

Notes

References

*SIDA
Development Cooperation for Democracy and Social Development
* * * * Populated places in Manyara Region Wards of Manyara Region {{Manyara-geo-stub