Igurusi is an administrative ward in the
Mbarali
Mbarali District is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Iringa region and east by Njombe region. To the south the district is bordered by Mbeya Rural District and to the west by Chunya Distric ...
district of the
Mbeya Region
Mbeya Region (''Mkoa wa Mbeya'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Guinea Bissau. Mbeya Region is borde ...
of
Tanzania
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. In 2016 the
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 24,573 people in the ward, from 22,296 in 2012.
The ward is famous for rice farming and most of its residents depend from rice farming. The ward has nine villages which are; Chamoto, Igurusi, Ilolo, Lunwa, Lusese, Maendeleo, Majenje, Rwanyo and Uhambule.
Igurusi is home to Ministry of Agriculture Training Institute (
MATI-Igurusi). The institution offers two
diploma courses in
land use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long ...
and
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...
. Also there are eight primary schools and three secondary schools, which are Igurusi,Mshikamano and Haroun Pirmohamed. There is an international rice market within the ward. An ATM service is available for
CRDB Bank within the market. The TANZAM Highway from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya passes through the ward,Also the TAZARA railway is passing through the ward.
The ward comprises many tribes and most of them are
Nyakyusa, Ndali, Sangu, Bena,Wanji,Kinga, Nyiha and Safwa. The ward lies within the famous Usangu plains bordered with the Livingstone mountains on the southside of the ward where
Mbeya
Mbeya is a city located in south west Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population is 620,000 according to the 2022 census. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region (population, with Mbeya, totals approx. 2 million).
Mbeya is sit ...
rural district and
Njombe region bordered the ward. Igurusi ward is one amongst the wards in Mbarali district which grow rapidly and the ward is no longer a village-like place, but a suburban-like place.
Villages and hamlets
The ward has 9 villages, and 49 hamlets.
* Chamoto
** Bethania
** Godauni
** Kibaoni
** Majimaji
** Mkuyuni
** Mpakani
* Igurusi
** Kabwe
** Muungano 'A'
** Muungano 'B'
** Zahanati 'A'
** Zahanati 'B'
* Ilolo
** Ilolo 'A'
** Ilolo 'B'
** Machinjioni
** Mati
** Mbuyuni
* Lusese
** Kanisani
** Lusese
** Majengo mapya 'A'
** Majengo mapya 'B'
** Masista
* Maendeleo
** Chemichemi
** Juhudi
** Maendeleo 'A'
** Maendeleo 'B'
** Mahakamani
* Majenje
** Jipemoyo
** Kiwanjani
** Majenje juu 'A'
** Majenje juu 'B'
** Mji mwema
* Lunwa
** Chamgungwe
** Kanalunwa
** Mapunga
** Mashala
** Lunwa
* Rwanyo
** Amkeni 'A'
** Amkeni 'B'
** Jangwani 'A'
** Jangwani 'B'
** Ruanda
* Uhambule
** Gomoshelo
** Kibaoni
** Lyamasoko
** Lyovela
** Matowo
** Mganga
** Mkwajuni
** Mpogoro
** Nganga
References
Wards of Mbeya Region
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