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Mbulu District
Mbulu District is one of the six districts of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Arusha Region and Lake Eyasi, to the east by the Babati Rural District, to the south by the Hanang District, and to the west by the Singida Region. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, Mbulu District had a population of 237,882 inhabitants. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Mbulu District was 320,279. The District Commissioner is Chelestino Mofugo. Mbulu District is, since the 2015 general election, divided into two election counties: Mbulu Mjini and Mbulu Vijijini. The 2015-2020 members of parliaments are Zacharias Isaay (CCM) and Flatei Massay (CCM), for Mbulu Mjini and Mbulu Vijijini respectively. The District is inhabited by people of different ethnic affiliations, especially the Iraqw people who are some of the earliest agro-pastoralists to migrate to what is now the Republic of Tanzania. Other native tribes are the Wah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Tanzania
As of 2021,there are 31 regions of Tanzania which are divided into 184 districts (Swahili: 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 Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,775,049 inhabitants) # Temeke Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,368,881 inhabitants) # Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,220,611 inhabitants) # Geita District Council, Geita Region (807,619 inhabitants) # Sengerema District Council, Mwanza Region (663,034 inhabitants) # Muleba District Council, Kagera Region (540,310 inhabitants) # Kahama District Council, Shinyanga Region (523,802 inhabitants) # Nzega District Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaeda Valley
The Yaeda Valley, or Yaida Valley, is a swampy valley located in Mbulu District of Manyara Region, Tanzania. The Valley is situated south of Lake Eyasi. The valley forms an endorheic basin with no drainage outlet. A low ridge running northeast–southwest separates the valley from the basin of Lake Eyasi. The Yaeda Swamp is fed from the northeast by the Yaeda River, which originates in the Mbulu Highlands to the east.Hughes, R. H. (1992). ''A Directory of African Wetlands''. IUCN, 1992. pp. 253-254. On the valley floor are 16,200 ha of seasonal swamp with extensive areas of rush and sedge, and 8,000 ha of floodplain grassland with ''Vachellia drepanolobium'' thicket at the northern end of the valley that are inundated during periods of exceptionally high rainfall. Above the floodplain are approximately 12,100 ha of wooded hillsides, with ''Vachellia tortilis'' near the edge of the floodplain, '' Vachellia kirkii'' woodland near the ''V. drepanolobium'' thickets at the north end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haydom
Haydom is a town and a ward in Mbulu District, in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. According to the 2012 census, the population of Haydom ward is 23,013. Haydom Lutheran Hospital Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a hospital in the town of Haydom at the western end of Manyara Region. The hospital is about 300 km south-west from Arusha. It was founded by Norwegian missionaries in 1955. The hospital was founded in 1955 ... is located in Haydom town. It is the largest hospital in the Mbulu area, with a capacity of over 400 beds. References {{reflist Populated places in Manyara Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions 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 Swahili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haydom Lutheran Hospital
Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a hospital in the town of Haydom at the western end of Manyara Region. The hospital is about 300 km south-west from Arusha. It was founded by Norwegian missionaries in 1955. The hospital was founded in 1955 by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission. It is currently owned and operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania. Today there is still some Norwegian activity at the hospital, in addition to Dutch, German and American support. See also *List of hospitals in Tanzania This is a list of hospitals in Tanzania. The Government of Tanzania also has a full list of health facilities Tanzania is the largest and second-most populous country in East Africa with a population of 50.1 million people according to the 2017 P ... References {{Authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1955 Hospitals in Tanzania Buildings and structures in the Manyara Region Mbulu District 1955 establishments in the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbulu
Mbulu is a town in Tanzania and the capital of the Mbulu District. The town is inhabited by the Iraqw people. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbulu is also in Mbulu. Mbulu is located in the Mbulu Highlands. The town, also known as Imboru among the Iraqw speakers, is the core of the Iraqw people, who speak a Cushitic The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and the Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As o ... language. Mbulu was founded by Germans in 1907 when they colonized former German East Africa (Tanganyika, Burundi and Rwanda). Mbulu's climate favoured Germans, and the hospitality of the indigenous people favoured them. Germans were less harsh to the Iraqw people than to the rest of the Tanganyikans. Thus Iraqw were used by Germans on white-collar jobs. Today most Afro-German with Tanzanian ancestry are Iraqw from Mbulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania's Arusha Region, Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority, and covers an area of including about lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake. History Since the 1920s, Lake Manyara area was used for sports hunting. In 1957, a game reserve was established.World Conservation Monitoring CentrLake Manyara National Park In 1960, it was given National Park status and in 1974 about were added to the southern end. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline lake, to the east. The national park only includes the northwest quadrant of the lake, about . It is part of the much larger Lake Manyara Biosphere Reserve, established in 1981 by UNESCO as part of its Man and the Biosphere Programme. Climate There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbulu Highlands
The Mbulu Highlands is a plateau in north-central Tanzania. The Mbulu Highlands lie between the basins of Lake Eyasi to the west and Lake Manyara to the east. The highlands extend northeast-southwest. A steep northeast-southwest-running escarpment bounds the highlands on the east, overlooking the basins of Lake Manyara, and further south, Lake Balangida. The plateau descends less steeply in a series of ridges and valleys to Lake Eyasi to the west and the Yaeda Valley to the southwest. To the north lies the volcanic Ngorongoro Highlands. The volcanic peak of Mount Hanang rises south of Lake Balangida. The highlands lie mostly in Mbulu District of Manyara Region, extending northwards into Karatu District of Arusha Region. The principal town on the plateau is Mbulu. The plateau ranges from 1500 to 2300 meters in elevation. Mean annual rainfall is 1000 mm or more in the highlands, higher than in the surrounding lowlands. Rainfall can vary greatly from year to year. June to Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datooga People
The Datooga, (''Wamang'ati'' in Swahili), are a pastoralist Nilotic people of based in Manyara Region, south west Arusha Region, and northern Singida Region of Tanzania. In 2000 the Datooga population was estimated to number 87,978. History Origins Linguistic evidence points to the eastern Middle Nile Basin south of the Abbai River, as the nursery of the Nilotic languages. That is to say south-east of present-day Khartoum.Ehret, Christopher. An African Classical Age: Eastern & Southern Africa in World History 1000 B.C. to A.D.400. University of Virginia, 1998, p.7 It is thought that beginning in the second millennium B.C., particular Nilotic speaking communities began to move southward into present-day South Sudan where most settled and that the societies today referred to as the Southern Nilotes pushed further on, reaching what is present-day north-eastern Uganda by 1000 B.C. Linguist Christopher Ehret proposes that between 1000 and 700 BC, the Southern Nilotic speaking c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqw People
The Iraqw People (; are the Cushitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting the northern Tanzanian regions. They are a significant group in originating in southwestern Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania, near the Rift Valley. The Iraqw people settled in the southeast of Ngorongoro Crater in northern Karatu District, Arusha Region, where they remain the majority ethnic group. In Manyara region, the Iraqw are a major ethnic group in Mbulu District, Babati District and Hanang District. History Kerio Valley, Kenya The Iraqw have traditionally been viewed as remnants of Afro-Asiatic peoples who practiced agriculture and animal husbandry in the Great Lakes region — a succession of societies collectively known as the ''Stone Bowl'' cultural complex. Most of these early northern migrants are believed to have been absorbed by later movements of Nilotic and Bantu peoples. In the Kerio Valley of Kenya, among other neighboring areas, there are vestiges of the Neolithic tillers' civili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and 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. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singida Region
Singida Region (''Mkoa wa Singida'' in Swahili) is one of the regions of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Singida. The region is bordered to the north by Shinyanga Region, Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the northeast by Manyara Region, to the east by Dodoma Region, to the southeast by Iringa Region, to the southwest by Mbeya Region and to the west by Tabora Region. Singida Region is accessible from Arusha through Babati and Katesh in Manyara Region. From Dar es Salaam, Singida Region is reached through Morogoro and Dodoma. From Mwanza, the region is reached through Shinyanga and Nzega. All these roads are passable all year round with good quality tarmac. Geographical location Singida Region is located below the equator between latitudes 3052’ and 7034’. Longitudinally the region is situated between 33027’ and 350 26’ east of Greenwich. To the north, it shares borders with Shinyanga Region; Arusha, Manyara and on the east borders Dodoma. To t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
