Arumeru District

Arumeru
District
Map of Arusha Region's Districts with Arumeru highlighted.
Coordinates: 03°08′S 36°52′E / 3.133°S 36.867°ECoordinates: 03°08′S 36°52′E / 3.133°S 36.867°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Arusha Region
Population (2002)
• Total	516,814

Arumeru District is one of the six districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north, west, and southwest by Monduli District, to the southeast by Arusha District, and to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region.

As of 2002, the population of the Arumeru District was 516,814.^[1]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Arumeru District had two constituencies, Arumeru West (Arumeru Magharibi) Constituency and Arumeru East (Arumeru Mashariki) Constituency.

Wards

The Arumeru District is administratively divided into thirty-seven wards:^[1]

Akheri Bangata Bwawani Ilkiding'a Kikatiti Kikwe Kimnyaki King'ori Kiranyi Kisongo Leguruki Makiba Maji ya Chai[2]

Maroroni Mateves Mbuguni Mlangarini Moivo Moshono Murieti Musa Mwandeti Nduruma Ngarenanyuki Nkoanrua Nkoaranga

Nkoarisambu Oldonyosambu Oljoro Olkokola Oltroto Oltrumet Poli Singisi Sokoni II Songoro Usa River

Economy

In 2012, the economy of Arumeru District was threatened when, local landless residents forcibly occupied some of the large horticultural farms that bring in most of the money in the district.^[3]

Notes

1. "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Arusha: Arumeru". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
2. In English, the Swahili "Maji ya Chai" means: water for tea.
3. Ihucha, Adam (12 May 2012). "Arumeru, Arusha land invasions threaten commercial farming". The East African. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.