Missenyi District is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania . The district was created in 2007 out of Bukoba District . It is bordered to the north by Uganda , to the east by Bukoba Rural District , to the south by Karagwe District and to the west by Kyerwa District .
5-559: According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Missenyi District was 202,632, with a population density of 72 inhabitants per square kilometre (190/sq mi). By 2022, the population had grown to 245,394. As of 2012, Missenyi District was administratively divided into 20 wards with 77 villages. Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Missenyi District. Unpaved trunk road T38 to Ngara District , through Karagwe District , branches off from T4 in
10-427: A District Council . And there are three types of urban districts: Town Council , Municipal Council and City Council . A division is an administrative organization for several wards. A village is the lowest government administrative structure at the community level. In an urban area, a cluster (mtaa) can include a number of streets. A ward (kata) is an administrative structure for one single town or portion of
15-491: Is subdivided into districts ( wilaya in Swahili). The districts are sub-divided into divisions ( tarafa in Swahili) and further into local wards ( kata in Swahili). Wards are further subdivided for management purposes: for urban wards into streets ( mtaa in Swahili) and for rural wards into villages ( kijiji in Swahili). The villages may be further subdivided into hamlets ( kitongoji in Swahili). In 1922 under
20-467: The British Tanganyika was divided into twenty-two regions, known as "divisions": Arusha, Bagamoyo, Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kilwa, Kondoa-Irangi, Lindi, Mahenge, Morogoro, Moshi, Mwanza, Pangani, Rufiji, Rungwe, Songea, Tabora, Tanga, Ufipa, Ujiji, and Usambara. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, Tanzania was divided into 169 districts. There is one type of rural district:
25-687: The village of Kyaka. In October 1978 Uganda invaded the Kagera Salient in northern Tanzania , initiating the Uganda–Tanzania War . By early January of 1979, all Ugandan troops had been ejected from Kagera. Administrative divisions of Tanzania#Wards The administrative divisions of Tanzania are controlled by Part I, Article 2.2 of the Constitution of Tanzania . Tanzania is divided into thirty-one regions ( mkoa in Swahili ). Each region
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