Singida Urban District Explained

Singida Urban District
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:250px
Coordinates:-4.8167°N 79°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Singida Region
Area Total Km2:720.5
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:232459
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Code:026

Singida Urban District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the south and west by the Ikungi District and to the north and east by the Singida Rural District. Its administrative seat is the town of Singida.

According to the 2012 Tanzania national census, the population of the Singida Urban District was 150,379.[2] [3]

Transport

Paved Trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwandan border passes through the district. Paved trunk road T14 connects Singida with Babati in Manyara Region.[4]

The Singida branch of the Central Line railway connects Singida with the town of Manyoni, which is on the main line.[5]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Singida Urban District was administratively divided into 16 wards.

Wards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/singida/1304__singida_municipality/ Citypopulation.de
  2. http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf Population Distribution by Administrative Areas, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013, page 123, accessed 8 November 2014
  3. Web site: Census 2012. National Bureau of Statistics. 16 February 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome. 5 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania. Tanroads. 1 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Railways Network. Tanzania Railways Limited. 7 March 2016.