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Kilosa District
District in Morogoro Region, Tanzania
District in Morogoro Region, Tanzania
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kilosa |
| official_name | Wilaya ya Kilosa , Mkoa wa Morogoro |
| settlement_type | District |
| motto | |
| image_map | Kilosa District in Morogoro 2022.svg |
| map_caption | Kilosa District of Morogoro Region |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Tanzania |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name1 | Morogoro Region |
| area_total_km2 | 11,773 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_total | 617,032 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
Kilosa District is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Its administrative seat is the town of Kilosa. Kilosa District covers 14918 sqkm. It is bordered to the north by the Manyara Region, to the northeast by the Tanga Region, to the east by Mvomero District, to the southeast by Morogoro Rural District, to the south by Kilombero District, to the southwest by the Iringa Region and to the west by the Dodoma Region. Kilosa District is home to Mikumi National Park.
According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Kilosa District was 617,032.
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 elections Kilosa District had two constituencies:
- Kilosa Constituency
- Mikumi Constituency
Divisions
, Kilosa District was administratively divided into nine divisions.
1997 divisions
The nine 1997 divisions were:
- Gairo Division, the northernmost part of Kilosa District,
- Kilosa Division,
- Kilosa Mijni (municipality)
- Kimamba Division,
- Magole Division,
- Masanze Division,
- Mikumi Division,
- Rudewa Division,
- Ulaya Division, the central part of southern Kilosa District.
Wards
, Kilosa District was administratively divided into forty- six wards:
In 2012 the following eight wards became part of the newly created Gairo District:
- Gairo
- Mandege
- Rubeho
- Chagongwe
- Chanjale
- Kibedya
- Chakwale
- Iyogwe
The thirty-eight wards remaining in Kilosa district from 2012:
- Berega
- Chanzuru
- Dumila
- Kasiki
- Kidete
- Kidodi
- Kilangali
- Kimamba 'A'
- Kimamba 'B'
- Kisanga
- Lumbiji
- Luhembe
- Lumuma
- Mabwerebwere
- Magole
- Magomeni, Kilosa
- Magubike
- Malolo (Tanzania)
- Mamboya
- Masanze
- Mbumi
- Mikumi
- Mkwatani
- Msowero
- Rudewa
- Ulaya
- Uleling'ombe
- Vidunda
- Zombo
- Mamoyo
Transport
The town of Kilosa has a station on the Central Line of Tanzanian Railways. It is also a junction for a branch railway to the break-of-gauge transshipment station at Kidatu.
Notes
References
- {{GEOnet2. 32FA88194BD83774E0440003BA962ED3. Kilosa District (Approved), [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]
- (1997). "Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile". The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro.
- "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Kilosa".
- "Organisations located in Kilosa District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
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