Singida Urban 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 bordered to the south and west by the
Ikungi District
Ikungi District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. 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 I ...
and to the north and east by the
Singida Rural District. Its administrative seat is the town of
Singida
Singida is a town in central Tanzania. The town is the location of the regional headquarters of Singida Region as well as the district headquarters of Singida Urban District. The region and district are named after the town.
Transport
Road lin ...
.
According to the 2012 Tanzania national census, the population of the Singida Urban District was 150,379.
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. Paved trunk road T14 connects Singida with
Babati
Babati, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a town in Babati Urban District of Manyara Region of Tanzania. It is the administrative capital of Babati Urban District and Babati Rural District and also the administrative capit ...
in
Manyara Region.
The Singida branch of the
Central Line railway connects Singida with the town of
Manyoni, which is on the main line.
Administrative subdivisions
As of 2012, Singida Urban District was administratively divided into 16
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
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Ipembe
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Kindai
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Majengo
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Mandewa
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Minga
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Misuna
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Mitunduruni Mitunduruni is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Mtamaa Mtamaa is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Mtipa Mtipa is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Mughanga
Mughanga is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Mungumaji
Mungumaji is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Mwankoko
Mwankoko is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Unyianga
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Uhamaka
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Unyambwa
Unyambwa is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Unyamikumbi
Unyamikumbi is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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Utemini
Utemini is an administrative ward in the Singida Urban district of the Singida Region of Tanzania
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References
{{Districts of Singida
Districts of Singida Region