Ikungi District is one of the six districts of the
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 ...
of
Tanzania
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. It is one of the 20 new districts that were formed in Tanzania since 2010; it was split off from
Singida Rural District. Ikungi District is bordered to the north by
Iramba District,
Singida Urban District
Singida Urban District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the south and west by the Ikungi District and to the north and east by the Singida Rural District. Its administrative seat is the town of Si ...
and
Singida Rural District, to the east by
Manyara Region, to the south by
Manyoni District
Manyoni District is one of the six districts in the Singida Region of Tanzania. The district capital is the town of Manyoni. The district is bordered to the north by the Ikungi District, to the east by the Dodoma Region, to the south by the Irin ...
and to the west by
Tabora Region. Its administrative seat is the town of
Ikungi.
According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Ikungi District was 272,959.
Transport
Paved trunk road T3 from
Morogoro to the
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
n border passes through the district.
The Singida branch of the
Central Railway of
Tanzanian Railways
The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks.
When the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between Kenya, Tanza ...
passes through the district. There is a station at
Ikungi town.
Administrative subdivisions
As of 2012, Ikungi District was administratively divided into 26
wards
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...
.
Wards 2012
Wards 2002
The Singida Rural District was administratively divided into 30 wards:
*
Dungunyi
*
Kinyeto
*
Iambi
*
Ihanja
*
Ikhanoda
*
Ikungi
*
Ilongero
*
Irisya
*
Issuna
*
Maghojoa
*
Makuro
*
Mangonyi
*
Matumbo
*
Merya Merya may refer to:
* Merya people
* Merya language, an extinct language
* Merya (Tanzanian ward)
See also
* Meryan (disambiguation)
* Merja (disambiguation), pronounced "Merya"
* Meria (disambiguation)
* Marya The Marya are a tribe in western Er ...
*
Mgori
*
Mgungira
*
Minyughe
*
Misughaa
*
Msisi
*
Mtinko
*
Mudida
*
Muhintiri
*
Mungaa
*
Mwaru
*
Ngimu
*
Ntuntu
*
Puma
Puma or PUMA may refer to:
Animals
* ''Puma'' (genus), a genus in the family Felidae
** Puma (species) or cougar, a large cat
Businesses and organisations
* Puma (brand), a multinational shoe and sportswear company
* Puma Energy, a mid- and d ...
*
Sepuka
*
Siuyu
*
Ughandi
References
Sources
Singida Rural District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
{{Districts of Singida
Districts of Singida Region