Longido District

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Longido District
Wilaya ya Longido  (Swahili)
Longido District's location within Arusha Region
Longido District's location within Arusha Region
Coordinates: 2°44′S 36°41′E / 2.733°S 36.683°E / -2.733; 36.683Coordinates: 2°44′S 36°41′E / 2.733°S 36.683°E / -2.733; 36.683
Country Tanzania
RegionArusha Region
SeatLongido Town
Population
 (2012)
 • Total123,153

Longido District is one of the six districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was created in 2007 from part of Monduli District. The administrative seat is the town of Longido. Mount Longido is located within the boundaries of the district. According to the 2012 census, the population of the district was 123,153.[1]

Transport[]

Paved trunk road T2 from Arusha to the Kenyan border town Namanga passes through the district.[2]

Administrative subdivisions[]

Constituencies[]

For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Longido District had one constituency, Longido Constituency.

Divisions[]

Wards[]

The Longido District is administratively divided into sixteen wards:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Development Partners Group Tanzania. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Arusha Region Roads Network" (PDF). TanRoads. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Postcodes Arusha Region 23000" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
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