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Morogoro Rural District

Coordinates: 06°54′S 037°54′E / 6.900°S 37.900°E / -6.900; 37.900
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Morogoro Rural District
Wilaya ya Morogoro Vijijini
Morogoro District of Morogoro Region
Morogoro District of Morogoro Region
Coordinates: 06°54′S 037°54′E / 6.900°S 37.900°E / -6.900; 37.900
Country Tanzania
RegionMorogoro Region
Area
 • Total12,457 km2 (4,810 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total387,736
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)

Morogoro Rural District (Swahili: Wilaya ya Morogoro Vijijini) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Morogoro Rural District covers 19,056 square kilometres (7,358 sq mi).[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.

As of 2012, the population of the Morogoro Rural District was 286,248.[2] By 2022, the population had grown to 387,736.[3]

Administrative subdivisions

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Constituencies

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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

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As of 1997, Morogoro Rural District had ten administrative divisions;[1] 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

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Mikese road

Among the 1997 divisions were:

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

Wards

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A mud flood during rainy season
Waterfalls near Kinole

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

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  1. ^ a b "Morogoro Region Socio-Economic Profile" (PDF). The Planning Commission, Dar es Salaam, and The Regional Commissioner's Office, Morogoro. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "2012 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Urban". Archived from the original on 20 March 2004.
  3. ^ "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. ^ "Organisations located in Morogoro Mjini District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
  5. ^ "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Urban". Archived from the original on 20 March 2004.