Arusha District Council

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Arusha District Council
Wilaya ya Arusha  (Swahili)
District
Oltoroto Ward, Arusha District
Oltoroto Ward, Arusha District
Nickname(s): 
Land of the Arusha
Arusha Rural District's location within Arusha Region
Arusha Rural District's location within Arusha Region
Coordinates: 03°15′38″S 36°38′28″E / 3.26056°S 36.64111°E / -3.26056; 36.64111Coordinates: 03°15′38″S 36°38′28″E / 3.26056°S 36.64111°E / -3.26056; 36.64111
CountryTanzania
RegionArusha Region
Named forArusha people
CapitalSokon II
Area
[1]
 • Total1,547.6 km2 (597.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total323,198
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym(s)District Arushan

Arusha District Council (also known as Arusha Rural District) is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Meru District, to the south by Kilimanjaro Region, and to the west by Monduli District. It surrounds Arusha City.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Arusha Rural District was 323,198.[2]

History[]

Arusha District was first home of the now extinct Koningo people, hunter gather group that lived around the slopes of Mount Meru for centuries. Around 400 years ago, Arusha people a bantu subgroup of the Pare people migrated from Arusha Chini in Kilimanjaro Region. Some Masai in the in west assimilated into the Arusha community and influenced the Arusha into adopting the Masai language as their own.[3] In 1880s a pandemic of rinderpest killed thousands of cattle and forced a large section of the Masai people in the west and integrated into Arusha agriculturally based society.

Transport[]

Paved Trunk road T2 from Kenyan border crossing at Kamanga to Moshi and paved trunk road T5 from Babati to Arusha pass through Arusha Rural District.[4]

Administrative subdivisions[]

As of 2012, Arusha Rural District was administratively divided into three divisions: Enaboishu; Moshono; Mukulat; and 27 wards.[2]

Wards[]

Sources[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Arusha District Council". Arusha Region Office, Tanzania. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ "WaArusha People". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Arusha Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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