Buchosa District

Buchosa District
Buchosa District
District
	Buchosa District and islands seen from the International Space Station.
	Buchosa District in Mwanza Region of Tanzania
	Coordinates: 2°26′02″S32°18′50″E / 2.434°S 32.314°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mwanza Region
District	Buchosa District
Established	2015
Government
• Type	Council
• Chairman	Julius Mulongo
• Director	Mheshimiwa Idama
Area
• Total	4,480 km2 (1,730 sq mi)
• Land	1,535 km2 (593 sq mi)
• Water	2,945 km2 (1,137 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	369,201
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	EAT
Postcode	33xxx
Area code	028
Website	District Website

Last updated August 21, 2023

Buchosa District, is a district in the Mwanza Region in the southern coastal Tanzania. The district is on the south shore of Lake Victoria west of the city of Mwanza and north of the Geita Region. Much of the district is large islands in the lake. The district was established in 2015.^[1]

Geography

The district lies on islands and the southern shore of Lake Victoria. To the east is the Sengerema District that is also in the Mwanza Region. To the south and west is the Geita District of the Geita Region. Of the 4,480 square kilometres (1,730 sq mi) area of the district most, 2,945 km² (1,137 sq mi), is water and only 1,535 km² (593 sq mi) is land.^[6]^: 7^[3]^: 6

Climate

The district's climate is tropical savanna with the Aw Koppen-Geiger system classification. There are two wet seasons, and one dry season. The primary wet season is October through December, and the secondary wet seasons is March and April. The dry seasons runs from late June to early September. The average rainfall is 1,414 millimetres (55.7 in) annually, and average temperature is 22.3 °C (72.1 °F).^[7]

Administrative areas

The district consists of two divisions, 22 wards, 82 villages, and 410 hamlets.^[3]^: 7^[8]

Wards (2016 Population)^[4]^: 145

Bangwe (13,102)
Bugoro (5,124)
Buhama (14,051)
Bukokwa (20,072)
Bulyaheke (39,850)
Bupandwa (20,446)
Iligamba (13,565)
Irenza (13,274)
Kafunzo (12,101)
Kalebezo (21,357)
Kasisa (13,982)
Katwe (14,120)
Kazunzu (15,841)
Lugata (23,704)
Luhuza (7,744)
Maisome (18,573)
Nyakaliro (18,035)
Nyakasasa (2,920)
Nyakasungwa (9,466)
Nyanzenda (23,265)
Nyehunge (40,242)
Uharanyonga (8,367)

Demographics

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 369,201 people in the district, from 327.767 in 2012. The district is made up of primarily people of the Zinza, Jita, Kerewe, Kara and Sukuma tribes. The average household size in 6.9 people.^[4]^: 145^[9]^[3]^{: 11-12, 23}

Economy

Buchosa District's economy is mostly farming and livestock keeping at 80% of the economy being agriculture. Of the 153,510 ha (379,300 acres) of land in the district, 132,019 ha (326,230 acres), which is 83%, is arable. Of that, 62,049 ha (153,330 acres), which is 47% of arable land, is currently cultivated. Buchosa is the largest producer of maize in the regions, and second largest producer of cassava. Other food crops include sweet potatoes, and is the only district in the region to grow rice. Cash crops are maize and cotton.^[9]^[3]^: 55

Buchosa District has a significant portion of the regions forest. The district has 14,964 ha (36,980 acres) of the regions 32,901 ha (81,300 acres) natural forest, and 33,000 ha (82,000 acres) of the regions 35,634 ha (88,050 acres) forest plantations.^[3]^: 107

The district has no large, medium or small industry. There is fishing in the district with 1,280,503 tons in 2015.^[3]^: 113,119

Roads

Buchosa District has no paved roads. For unpaved roads the district has 22.3 km (13.9 mi) of regional gravel roads, 79.4 km (49.3 mi) of district gravel or dirt roads, and 627.2 km (389.7 mi) of feeder dirt roads. The district has the most unpaved roads in the region of 728.9 km (452.9 mi) which in the wet season are unusable.^[3]^: 124

Parks

Parts of the Rubondo Island National Park is in the district. The park consists of Rubondo Island, of the Geita Region, and other nearby islands along the southern shore of Lake Victoria. Wildlife on the islands are elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, hippopotamus, crocodiles, sitatunga, bushbucks, suni, pythons, and pigs. There are also many water birds and fish eagles in the park.^[10]^[11]

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[BuchosaDC_hist-1] 1 2 "Historia". buchosadc.go.tz (in English and Swahili). Buchosa: Buchosa District. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[BuchosaDC-2] 1 2 "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Buchosa". buchosadc.go.tz (in Swahili). Buchosa: Buchosa District. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[MwanzaRC_scoEco-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mwanza Region Socio-Economic Profile (Report). National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022.

[2016_census-4] 1 2 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](PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[Mwanza_postcode-5] "Mwanza Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[MwanzaRC_invGuide-6] "Mwanza Region Investment Guide" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[Buchosa_climate-7] "Climate Nyehunge (Tanzania)". climate-data.org (in English and German). Germany: Climate-data. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[BuchosaDC_data-8] "Takwimu". buchosadc.go.tz (in Swahili). Buchosa: Buchosa District. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[BuchosaDC_profile-9] 1 2 "Wasifu wa Halmashauri". buchosadc.go.tz (in Swahili). Buchosa: Buchosa District. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[RubondoNP-10] "Rubondo Island National Park". tanzaniatourism.go.tz (in English and Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Tourist Board. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[RubondoNP_TANAPA-11] "Rubondo Islands National Park". tanzaniaparks.go.tz (in English and Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania National Parks Authority. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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