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Igurusi
Kata ya Igurusi | |
|---|---|
  Igurusi Location of Igurusi | |
| Coordinates: 8°51′S 33°51′E / 8.850°S 33.850°E | |
| Country | 
Tanzania |
| Region | Mbarali District |
| District | Mbarali District |
| Ward | Igurusi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| Population | |
| • Total | 28,000 |
| Time zone | EAT |
| Postcode [2] | 53606 |
| Area code | 025 |
| Website | District Website |
Igurusi is an administrative ward in the Mbarali district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2022 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were more than 28,000 people in the ward, from 24,573 in 2016. [1]: 97 [3]: 118
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 and irrigation. Also there are eight primary schools and three secondary schools, which are Igurusi secondary school, Mshikamano secondary school and Haroun Pirmohamed secondary school. 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 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. [2]
- 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
- ^ a b 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Mbeya Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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Igurusi
Kata ya Igurusi | |
|---|---|
Igurusi Location of Igurusi | |
| Coordinates: 8°51′S 33°51′E / 8.850°S 33.850°E | |
| Country |
Tanzania |
| Region | Mbarali District |
| District | Mbarali District |
| Ward | Igurusi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| Population | |
| • Total | 28,000 |
| Time zone | EAT |
| Postcode [2] | 53606 |
| Area code | 025 |
| Website | District Website |
Igurusi is an administrative ward in the Mbarali district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. In 2022 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were more than 28,000 people in the ward, from 24,573 in 2016. [1]: 97 [3]: 118
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 and irrigation. Also there are eight primary schools and three secondary schools, which are Igurusi secondary school, Mshikamano secondary school and Haroun Pirmohamed secondary school. 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 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. [2]
- 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
- ^ a b 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Mbeya Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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