Iramba District
District
Iramba District's location within Singida Region.
Iramba District's location within Singida Region.
Coordinates: 04°22′S 34°12′E / 4.367°S 34.200°E / -4.367; 34.200
Country Tanzania
RegionSingida Region
Population
 (2012)
 • Total236,282

Iramba is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of central Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Shinyanga Region, to the North by Simiyu Region, to the east by the Mkalama District, to the South by Ikungi District and to the West by the Tabora Region. Its administrative seat is the town of Kiomboi.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the new Iramba District was 236,282.[1]

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Iramba District was 368,131.

Language

The natives of the Iramba district are called 'Wanyiramba'(pl., singular: 'Mnyiramba'). Their mother tongue is Kinyiramba, though the majority can also speak Swahili.

Wards 2012[2]

WardPopulationPopulation - MalePopulation - FemaleNumber of HouseholdsAverage Household Size
Urughu13,3806,5666,8141,8407.3
Mtekente16,9738,3968,5772,6036.5
Mtoa19,7249,7389,9863,2376.1
Mgongo13,0416,3776,6642,0136.5
Shelui14,9337,4177,5162,9035.1
Ntwike16,9778,4618,5163,1545.4
Tulya8,2654,3703,8951,6075.1
Kidaru9,7274,8494,8781,5596.2
Kisiriri10,6865,2945,3922,3354.6
Kiomboi25,37512,27013,1055,5984.5
Kinampanda14,8707,3087,5622,9605
Ulemo17,1748,4078,7673,5844.8
Kyengege7,8453,9023,9431,5445.1
Ndago14,4537,1957,2582,9534.9
Mbelekese12,6786,3646,3142,2725.6
Kaselya9,8014,8494,9521,7555.6
Ndulungu10,3805,2345,1461,8215.7

Wards 2002

The Iramba District was administratively divided into 34 wards:

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ National Bureau of Statistics 2012 Census

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