Iramba District

Iramba is one of the four districts of the Singida Region of central Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Shinyanga Region, to the Northeast by the Manyara Region, to the South by the Singida Rural and Singida Urban Districts and to the West by the Tabora Region.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the new Iramba District was 236,282.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Iramba District was 368,131.[1]

Language

The natives of the Iramba district are called 'Wanyiramba'(pl., singular: 'Mnyiramba'). Their mother tongue is Kinyiramba, though the majority can also speak Swahili.

Wards 2012

Ward	Population	Population - Male	Population - Female	Number of Households	Average Household Size
Urughu	13,380	6,566	6,814	1,840	7.3
Mtekente	16,973	8,396	8,577	2,603	6.5
Mtoa	19,724	9,738	9,986	3,237	6.1
Mgongo	13,041	6,377	6,664	2,013	6.5
Shelui	14,933	7,417	7,516	2,903	5.1
Ntwike	16,977	8,461	8,516	3,154	5.4
Tulya	8,265	4,370	3,895	1,607	5.1
Kidaru	9,727	4,849	4,878	1,559	6.2
Kisiriri	10,686	5,294	5,392	2,335	4.6
Kiomboi	25,375	12,270	13,105	5,598	4.5
Kinampanda	14,870	7,308	7,562	2,960	5
Ulemo	17,174	8,407	8,767	3,584	4.8
Kyengege	7,845	3,902	3,943	1,544	5.1
Ndago	14,453	7,195	7,258	2,953	4.9
Mbelekese	12,678	6,364	6,314	2,272	5.6
Kaselya	9,801	4,849	4,952	1,755	5.6
Ndulungu	10,380	5,234	5,146	1,821	5.7

Wards 2002

The Iramba District was administratively divided into 34 wards:

• Gumanga
• Ibaga
• Iguguno
• Ilunda
• Javane
• Kaselya
• Kengege
• Kidaru
• Kimpunda
• Kinampanda
• Kinyangiri
• Kiomboi
• Kirondatal
• Kisana
• Kisiriri
• Kyengege
• Mbelekese
• Mpambala
• Msingi (English meaning: Primary or Foundation)
• Mtekente
• Mtoa
• Mwanga
• Mwangeza
• Ndago
• Nduguti
• Nkinto
• Ntwike
• Shati
• Shelui
• Timbwa
• Tulya
• Tumili
• Ulemo
• Urughu
• Urugu
• Usure
• Uwanza

Sources

• Iramba District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
• Tanzanian Government Directory Database