Pinyinyi Explained

Pinyinyi
Native Name:Kata ya Pinyinyi
Native Name Lang:sw
Settlement Type:Ward
Pushpin Map:Tanzania
Coordinates:-2.4289°N 35.8428°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Arusha Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ngorongoro District
Subdivision Type3:Ward
Subdivision Name3:Pinyinyi
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:5,230
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Pinyinyi (Hajaro, in Sonjo) is an administrative ward in the Ngorongoro District of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The area was historically part of Sonjo people's ancestral land. The Masai arrived in the 1950s, eventually the Sonjo abandoned Hajaro in 1987 due to Masai violence over grazing land. The Maasai renamed it Pinyinyi.[1] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 5,230 people in the ward, from 8,482 in 2012.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Adams, W. M., et al. “Indigenous Farmer-Managed Irrigation in Sonjo, Tanzania.” The Geographical Journal, vol. 160, no. 1, 1994, pp. 17–32. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3060138. Accessed 18 Mar. 2023.
  2. 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. . 2013-03-01 . . . 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.
  3. 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. . Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania . 2016-04-01 . . . sw . 2022-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf . 2021-12-27 . live.