Kahama Rural District Explained

Kahama Rural District
Settlement Type:	District
Mapsize:	300px
Coordinates:	-3.8333°N 67°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Tanzania
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Shinyanga Region
Population As Of:	2012
Population Total:	523,802

Kahama Rural District is a former districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. Its administrative centre was the town of Kahama. The district consists of two separate parts, divided by Kahama Urban District. The area to the northeast is Msalala District, while the part to the southwest is Ushetu Council. In 2012 the two districts were officially formed. ^[1]

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Kahama Rural District was 523,802.^[2]

Transport

Paved Trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwanda border passes through Kahama Rural District from east to west.^[3]

There is a train station and a dry port at the town of Isaka, on the stretch of Mwanza railway line going from Tabora to Shinyanga.^[4]

Wards

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

• Bugarama
• Bukomela
• Bulige
• Bulungwa
• Bulyanhulu
• Busangi
• Chambo
• Chela
• Chona
• Idahina
• Igunda
• Igwamanoni
• Isaka
• Jana
• Kashishi
• Kinamapula
• Kisuke
• Lunguya
• Mapamba
• Mega
• Mpunze
• Mwalugulu
• Mwanase
• Ngaya
• Ntobo
• Nyankende
• Sabasabini
• Segese
• Shilela
• Ubagwe
• Ukune
• Ulewe
• Ulowa
• Ushetu
• Uyogo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karibu Mkoani Shinyanga. Shinyanga Region. 13 April 2016.
2. Web site: Census 2012 . National Bureau of Statistics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome . 2016-03-05 .
3. Web site: Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania . Tanroads . 1 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113320/http://tanroads.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=92 . 8 December 2015 .
4. Web site: Tanzania Railways Corporation. Tanzania Railways Corporation. 7 December 2015.