Igunga District Explained

Igunga District
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tabora Region
Area Total Km2:7,064
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:546,204
Population Density Km2:auto

Igunga is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Singida Region, to the south by the Uyui District and to the west by the Nzega District. Its administrative seat is the town of Igunga. Igunga is now divided by two Constituencys: Igunga Constituency and Manonga Constituency, whereby Manonga town is Choma Chankola. Igunga is the second district in production

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Igunga District was 325,547. https://web.archive.org/web/20060608224311/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/igunga.htm.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 399,727.[1]

According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Igunga District was 546,204 in 2022.[2]

Transport

Paved Trunk road T3 from Morogoro to Rwanda passes through the district from east to west.[3]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Igunga District was administratively divided into 35 wards.

Wards

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Igunga is known also in livestock keeping Web site: Census 2012 . National Bureau of Statistics . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome . 5 March 2016 .
  2. https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/Census2022/Administrative_units_Population_Distribution_Report_Tanzania_volume1a.pdf p.142
  3. Web site: Road Networks. Tanroads. 23 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160403031700/http://tanroads.go.tz/HQ/pages/road-networks. 3 April 2016. dead.