Morogoro Rural District Explained

Morogoro Rural District
Native Name:	Wilaya ya Morogoro Vijijini
Settlement Type:	District
Coordinates:	-6.9°N 91°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Morogoro Region
Area Total Km2:	12,457
Population As Of:	2022
Population Total:	387,736
Population Density Km2:	auto

Morogoro Rural District (Swahili: Wilaya ya Morogoro Vijijini) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Morogoro Rural District covers 19056sqkm.^[1] It is bordered to the north and east by the Pwani Region, to the south by Kilombero District, to the southwest by the Kilosa District and to the west by the Mvomero District and the Morogoro Urban District.

, the population of the Morogoro Rural District was 286,248.^[2] By 2022, the population had grown to 387,736.^[3]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Morogoro Rural District had no constituencies:^[4] The Morogoro-Kusini-Mashariki Constituency is located in Morogoro Urban District.

Divisions

, Morogoro Rural District had ten administrative divisions; however, as the number of wards has shrunk from forty-two in 1997 to twenty-five in 2002, it now has six divisions.

1997 divisions

Among the 1997 divisions were:

1. Bwakira division,
2. Mgeta division,
3. Mlali division,
4. Mvuha division.

Wards

The Morogoro Rural District is administratively divided into twenty-five wards:^[5]

• Bwakila Chini
• Bwakila Juu
• Kasanga
• Kibogwa
• Kibungo Juu
• Kidugalo
• Kinole
• Kiroka
• Kisaki
• Kisemu
• Kolero
• Lundi
• Mikese
• Mkambalani
• Mkulazi
• Mkuyuni
• Mngazi
• Mvuha
• Mtombozi
• Ngerengere
• Selembala
• Singisa
• Tawa
• Tegetero
• Tununguo
• Gwata
• Konde
• Bungu
• Matuli

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile. 1997. The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro. https://web.archive.org/web/20040530191242/http://www.tzonline.org/pdf/Morogoro.pdf. 30 May 2004. dead. 3 September 2012.
2. Web site: 2012 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Urban. https://web.archive.org/web/20040320112112/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/morogororural.htm. 20 March 2004. dead.
3. Web site: Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . 2024-02-11 . www.citypopulation.de.
4. Web site: Organisations located in Morogoro Mjini District - Tanzania. African Development Information.
5. Web site: 2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Urban. https://web.archive.org/web/20040320112112/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/morogororural.htm. 20 March 2004. dead.