Duru is a ward and a village in Babati Rural District of the

Manyara Region Manyara Region (''Mkoa wa Manyara'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than the ...

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. Duru is one of the five villages that makes up Duru ward. Thus, the name Duru is also the name of the administrative ward. The ward comprises five villages: Hoshan, Duru, Gesbert, Yarotonik and Endagwe. The headquarters of the ward is located in Endagwe village. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 9,686. Duru ward has two secondary schools. Duru secondary school locate at Endagwe village and Haitemba secondary school located at Duru village.

Economic activities

Duru ward is located in the escarpment of Haitemba forest which is mostly made of

Miombo woodland The Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (in the World Wide Fund for Nature scheme) located primarily in Central Africa. It includes four woodland savanna ecoregions (listed below) characterized b ...

. The area receives average rainfall that favours different crops such as millet, maize, banana, peas and beans. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a population of 11,526.

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Wards of Manyara Region {{Manyara-geo-stub