Missenyi District

Missenyi District Wilaya ya Missenyi
District
Missenyi District of Kagera Region
Coordinates: 1.132222°S 31.438056°E / -1.132222; 31.438056
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kagera Region
Established	2007
Government
• Type	Council
• Body	Missenyi District Council
• District Commissioner	Wilson Christian Sakulo
• District Secretary	Abdallah R. Mayomba
• Chairman of Council	Projestus Tegamaisho
Area
• Total	2,825 km^2 (1,091 sq mi)
Elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	245,394
• Density	87/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Website	http://www.missenyidc.go.tz/

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.[1][2]

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).[3][2] By 2022, the population had grown to 245,394.[4]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Missenyi District was administratively divided into 20 wards with 77 villages.[5][3]

Wards

• Bugandika
• Bugorora
• Buyango
• Bwanjai
• Gera
• Ishozi
• Ishunju
• Kakunyu
• Kanyigo
• Kashenye
• Kassambya
• Kilimilile
• Kitobo
• Kyaka
• Mabale
• Minziro
• Mushasha
• Mutukula
• Nsunga
• Ruzinga

Transport

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 the village of Kyaka.[6]

Ugandan Invasion

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.

References

1. "Historia" [History]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Missenyi. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
2. "Kagera Region in Tanzania". City Population. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
3. "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania. March 2013. p. 164. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
4. "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
5. "Takwimu" [Statistics]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Missenyi. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
6. "Kagera Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.