Nduruma Explained

Nduruma
Native Name:Kata ya Nduruma
Native Name Lang:sw
Settlement Type:Ward
Pushpin Map:Tanzania
Coordinates:-3.4911°N 36.8122°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Arusha Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Arusha Rural District
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1984
Area Total Km2:62.72
Elevation M:1041
Government Type:Council
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:12,042
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Code:027
Timezone:EAT

Nduruma, is a administrative ward in Arusha Rural District in the east Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Mlangarini, to the south by Bwawani, and to the east by Kikwe ward of the Meru District. The ward covers an area of with an average elevation of .[1] [2]

In 2012 national census there were 12,042 people in the ward, from 10,316 in 2002 when it was part of the former Arumeru District. The ward has .[3] [4]

The Nduruma River flows from near the top of Mount Meru down to Nduruma. There are three groups of farmers on the river in competition for the water rights of the river. Local small scale farmers on the upper and lower parts of the river, and international large corporations farm the middle part of the river near Arusha city which is called Plastic Valley because of their many large greenhouse farms. The middle part of the river has been owned by Europeans since the Germans arrived in the 1800s. After World War I the English took over the farms. Today they are owned mostly by Dutch companies who now grow flowers there.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arusha Rural District in Northern Tanzania . 2 July 2022 . City Population . City Population . en.
  2. Web site: Arnett . Daniel . Topographic Map of Nduruma, Arusha, Tanzania . 4 July 2022 . Elevation Map . en.
  3. 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. . 2013-03-01 . . . 32 . en . 2022-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf . 2022-03-26 . live.
  4. 2002 Population and Housing Census General Report . 2002-08-01 . . . en . 2008-08-19 . http://wayback.archive.org/web/20040318022544/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/arumeru.htm . 2004-03-18.
  5. Komakech . Hans . Condon . Madison . van der Zaag . Pieter . 1 January 2012 . The role of statutory and local rules in allocating water between large- and small-scale irrigators in an African river catchment . Water SA . . 38 . 115–126 . 10.4314/wsa.v38i1.14 . 4 July 2022. free .
  6. Bont . Chris de . Water management in the Nduruma catchment, Tanzania . 2013-05-01 . . Netherlands.