Ikungi District

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Ikungi District
District
Singida-Ikungi.svg
Ikungi District's location within Singida Region.
Coordinates: 05°08′S34°46′E / 5.133°S 34.767°E / -5.133; 34.767
CountryFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Region Singida Region
Area
 • Total8,860 km2 (3,420 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total411,262
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)

Ikungi District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is one of the 20 new districts that were formed in Tanzania since 2010; it was split off from Singida Rural District. [1] Ikungi District is bordered to the north by Iramba District, Singida Urban District and Singida Rural District, to the east by Manyara Region, to the south by Manyoni District and to the west by Tabora Region. Its administrative seat is the town of Ikungi.

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According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Ikungi District was 411,262. [2] [3]

Transport

Paved trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwandan border passes through the district. [4]

The Singida branch of the Central Railway of Tanzanian Railways passes through the district. There is a station at Ikungi town.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Ikungi District was administratively divided into 26 wards. [3]

Wards 2012

WardPopulationPopulation - MalePopulation - FemaleNumber of HouseholdsAverage Household Size
Puma9,9454,7955,1501,9995
Kituntu8,4444,2194,2251,4975.6
Mungaa18,2768,9039,3733,5545.1
Siuyu7,9523,9873,9651,4725.4
Kikio7,8873,9373,9501,5155.2
Lighwa7,2453,5753,6701,3495.4
Misughaa6,6793,3763,3031,3025.1
Ntuntu11,3605,7385,6222,1245.3
Dung'unyi10,1585,1115,0471,9945.1
Mang'onyi14,9627,9037,0593,0534.9
Mkiwa5,1522,6252,5279425.5
Issuna12,1586,2125,9462,1955.5
Unyahati9,7104,8704,8401,9565
Ikungi12,6616,3316,3302,5335
Iglansoni11,2565,4325,8241,5957.1
Iseke6,9333,4443,4891,3465.2
Ihanja8,2694,1694,1001,6205.1
Minyughe18,4409,2399,2014,9653.7
Muhintiri8,8964,4204,4761,4866
Iyumbu9,3774,5904,7871,1338.3
Mgungira6,5483,1983,3509137.2
Mwaru11,7845,7526,0321,9296.1
Ighombwe13,3446,6926,6521,8397.3
Mtunduru17,0568,5898,4672,9405.8
Sepuka12,4466,0926,3542,3525.3
Irisya6,0212,9793,0421,0975.5

Wards 2002

The Singida Rural District was administratively divided into 30 wards:

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