Transcript MREJESHO WA BAJETI YA MWAKA 2010/2011

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
KILWA DISTRICT COUNCIL
DISTRICT PROFILE
By Francis N. Kaunda
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Geographical location
Kilwa District council
is located in the
Southern of Tanzania in Lindi Region, Lying
between south of equator 8º20' and 9º56'
latitudes and 38º36' to 39º50' Longitudes
East of Greenwich.
It borders Rufiji district, Coast region, Lindi
and Ruangwa districts in the North, Indian
Ocean in the East and in the west it borders
Liwale district.
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Land area
 The total district area is 13, 347.50 square
Kilometers (1,334,750 ha) of which 12, 125.9
square kilometers is surface land and 1,221.52
square kilometers is the ocean.
Population
 The total population in 2012 National census
survey was 190,744 while 91,661 are male ,
99,083 are female with average households size
of 4.4.
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Administrative units
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Administratively, Kilwa district is divided into six (6)
divisions, 21 wards and 97 villages registered (Masoko
and Kivinje urban areas inclusive) and 286 hamlets as
indicated in table below:NA DIVISION
WARD
VILLAGE
HAMLETS
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PWANI
4
15
36
2
MITEJA
4
20
68
3
KIPATIMU
3
21
63
4
NJINJO
4
13
22
5
PANDE
5
25
88
6
NANJIRINJI
1
03
09
TOTAL
21
97
286
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LAND USE, CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Land use
Major class
Ha
%
Woodland
725,553
54.36
Grass land
304,707
22.83
Bush land
199,369
14.94
Cultivated land
69,259
5.19
Forest
31,247
2.34
3,928
0.29
Water area
529
0.04
Other
158
0.01
1,334,750
100
Land not in use
Total
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Climate
Kilwa district has a coastal climate which is hot and humid with the
average temperature range between 22ºC to 30ºC. Humidity is high,
nearly 98-100% during the long rains. The district receives a total
rainfall of 800-1400 mm/year and its distribution varies according to
locality.
Vegetation
 Kilwa district falls under 2 major vegetation zones. Along the low
lying Coastal strip, the vegetation is characterized by the East Africa
Coastal forest and thickets, which however much of it have been
greatly reduced by human activities. The vegetation is thus
predominantly deciduous scrub with scattered trees.
 The uplands parts of Kilwa district is on the eastern edge of the
central African Miombo belt; the vegetation is heterogeneous, with a
variety of vegetation types associated with the miombo region and
other types of vegetation associated with the coastal strip of East
Africa. Most of the Miombo lies to the west of the coastal forest and
is interspersed with bush land and seasonally flooded open areas of
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grassland.
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Threat to Forest
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Demand for agriculture land
Pressure from migrating livestock keepers
Demand for large scale commercial farm like
High of firewood and charcoal for energy
Opportunities
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Programes such as PFM help reduce degradation
Cooperation with partners Mpingo Conservation
Development Initiative (MCDI) and WWF
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Marine Resources
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Kilwa district is endowed with valuable marine resources
which include a variety of fish (350 species) including
lobsters, mangrove Crabs, Prawns both belongs to
crustacean family, whereas squids and octopus belongs
to Cephalopods.
Furtherance to the above, the following are also grouped
as part of marine sea products. These are Red cameo,
Green snails, Sea cucumbers and good number of sea
shells. The other marine resources include sea
mammals e.g. whale, sharks, Dung -Gong, Dolphin,
notably seaweed, coral reef, sea grass, beds and
mangrove trees.
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Present use of marine resources
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About 20% of Kilwa people depend directly on the use
of marine resources for their livelihood through artisan
fishing, fish and sea weed farming, lime obtained from
burning corals and harvesting of mangrove for business
and domestic purpose apart from medicine.
The shrimp farming and fish cages have not yet started
in Kilwa. Other things which are in progress include
tourism development.
Demands of marine resources use have increased in
recent years due to population increase. Illegal fishing
and fishing mongers from Dar es Salaam, this has
leaded to over harvesting and degradation of the marine
habitats.
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Concerted efforts are required to protect the
marine environment and promote sustainable
utilization of marine resources, some of these
efforts are:Establishment of Beach Management Unit
(BMU) currently 23 BMU have been established.
Out of 23 BMU, 04 completed with complete By
Laws, fisheries governance and action plan in
place.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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