Kwimba District

Kwimba District

Kwimba District is one of 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the West by the Misungwi District and to the North by the Magu District. Kwimba's population is 316,180 (2002 TZ National Census). The district seat is at Ngudu. [http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/kwimba.htm]

The majority of the residents of Kwimba are Wasukuma from the Sukuma tribe and speak Sukuma along with Swahili. Most of the residents are engaged in the subsistence farming of rice, sweet potatoes, cassava, millet or maize.

Wards

The Kwimba District is subdivided administratively into 5 divisions, 25 wards, and 111 villages. The following is a list of Kwimba's wards:

* Bungulwa
* Bupamwa
* Fukalo
* Hungumalwa
* Igongwa
* Iseni
* Kikubuji
* Lyoma
* Maligisu
* Malya
* Mantare
* Mhande
* Mwabomba
* Mwagi
* Mwakilyambiti
* Mwamala
* Mwandu
* Mwang'halanga
* Ng'hundi
* Ngudu
* Ngula
* Nyambiti
* Nyamilama
* Sumve
* Wala

Livestock

The 2002 Tanzania National Census showed the following statistics for livestock population in the Kwimba district:

* Cattle - 366,210
* Goats - 102,048
* Sheep - 77,333
* Donkeys - 4,416

ources

* [http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/kwimba.htm Kwimba District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census]
* [http://www.tanzania.go.tz/regions/mwanza/kwimba.html Kwimba District Info]


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