Arumeru District Explained

Arumeru
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:175px
Coordinates:-3.1333°N 88°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Tanzania
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Arusha Region
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:516,814

Arumeru District (Meru District and Arusha Rural District) is a former district in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was bordered to the north, west, and southwest by Monduli District, to the southeast by the city of Arusha, and to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region.

, the population of the Arumeru District was 516,814.[1]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Arumeru District had two constituencies, Arumeru West (Arumeru Magharibi) Constituency and Arumeru East (Arumeru Mashariki) Constituency.

Divisions

Beginning in 2007 Arumeru District has been administered by two district councils: Arusha District Council and Meru District Council.[2] [3] Arusha District Council administers three divisions, 20 wards, 75 villages, 294 hamlets and 64,339 households.[4] Meru District Council administers three divisions, 17 wards, 71 villages and 281 subvillages.[5]

Wards

The Arumeru District is administratively divided into 37 wards:

Economy

The district economy is almost entirely agricultural, consisting mostly of subsistence farming and livestock raising.[7] Exports from the few large-scale commercial horticultural farms bring in most of the money in the district. In 2012, that economy in Arumeru District was threatened when, local landless residents forcibly occupied some of those commercial farms.[8]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2002 Population and Housing General Report: Arusha: Arumeru. https://web.archive.org/web/20040318022544/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/arumeru.htm. 18 March 2004. dead.
  2. Web site: Meru District Council - History . Arusha Region Office, Tanzania . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104175459/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council?showall=&start=1 . 4 November 2016 . dead . 4 November 2016 .
  3. "Meru district council is among the two councils that form Arumeru district." Web site: Meru District Council . Arusha Region Office, Tanzania . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409194946/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council . 9 April 2016 . dead . 4 November 2016 .
  4. Web site: Arusha District Council . Arusha Region Office, Tanzania . https://web.archive.org/web/20161016090303/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council . 16 October 2016 . dead . 4 November 2016 .
  5. Web site: Meru District Council . Arusha Region Office, Tanzania . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409194946/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council . 9 April 2016 . dead . 4 November 2016 .
  6. In English, the Swahili "Maji ya Chai" means: water for tea.
  7. Web site: Arusha District Council - History . Arusha Region Office, Tanzania . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104183500/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council?showall=&start=1 . 4 November 2016 . dead . 4 November 2016 .
  8. News: Ihucha, Adam. Arumeru, Arusha land invasions threaten commercial farming. 12 May 2012. The East African. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224023841/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1404430/-/mj2txxz/-/index.html. 24 February 2013. live.

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