Morogoro Urban District Explained
| Morogoro Urban District |
| Native Name: | Wilaya ya Morogoro Mjini |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Coordinates: | -6.8222°N 37.6653°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Morogoro Region |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Total: | 315,866 |
Morogoro Urban District (Swahili: Wilaya ya Morogoro Mjini) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It contains the city Morogoro, capital of the Morogoro Region, and no villages. Morogoro Urban District covers 260sqkm.[1] It is bordered to the east and south by the Morogoro Rural District and to the north and west by Mvomero District
, the population of the Morogoro Urban District was 315,866.[2]
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Morogoro Urban District had four constituencies:[3]
- Morogoro-Kusini-Mashariki Constituency
- Morogoro Kusini Constituency
- Morogoro Mjini Constituency
- Mvomero Constituency[4]
Divisions
Morogoro Urban District has six administrative division.
Wards
The Morogoro Urban District is administratively divided into twenty nine wards:
- Bigwa
- Boma (English Meaning: headquarters)
- Chamwino
- Kauzeni
- Kichangani
- Kihonda
- Kihonda Magorofani
- Kilakala (Luguru word meaning:Kilchoungua in SWAHILI)
- Kingo
- Kingolwira
- Kiwanja cha Ndege
- Luhungo
- Lukobe
- Mafiga
- Mafisa
- Magadu
- Mazimbu
- Mbuyuni
- Mindu
- Mji Kuu (English Meaning: center city)
- Mji Mpya (English Meaning: new city)
- Mkundi
- Mlimani (English Meaning: on the mountain)
- Mwembesongo
- Mzinga
- Sabasaba (English Meaning: 7/7 or July 7th)
- Sultan Area
- Tungi
- Uwanja wa Taifa
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile. 1997. The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro. pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20040530191242/http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/Morogoro.pdf. 30 May 2004. dead. 3 September 2012.
- Web site: 2012 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Urban. https://web.archive.org/web/20040320132556/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/morogorourban.htm. 20 March 2004. dead.
- Web site: Organisations located in Morogoro Mjini District - Tanzania. African Development Information.
- Note: the Mvomero Constituency is in Morogoro Urban District even though it is primarily for Mvomero District.
