Serengeti District

Serengeti District
District

Serengeti District's location within Mara Region. Paved trunk roads in green.
Coordinates: 01°50′S 034°40′E / 1.833°S 34.667°E / -1.833; 34.667Coordinates: 01°50′S 034°40′E / 1.833°S 34.667°E / -1.833; 34.667
Country Tanzania
Region Mara Region
Population (2012)
 • Total 249,420

Serengeti District is one of the seven districts of Mara Region of Tanzania. Its administrative centre is the town of Mugumu. It is home to part of the world-famous Serengeti National Park and contains one of the western gates to the park.[1]

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Serengeti District was 249,420.[2]

Transport

There are no paved roads connecting Serengeti District with the rest of the country. The unpaved trunk road T17 from Musoma to Arusha passes through the district from west to east.[3]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Serengeti District was administratively divided into 28 wards.[2]

Wards

  • Busawe
  • Geitasamo
  • Ikoma
  • Issenye
  • Kebanchabancha
  • Kenyamonta
  • Kisaka
  • Kisangura
  • Kyambahi
  • Machochwe
  • Magange
  • Majimoto
  • Manchira
  • Mbalibali
  • Morotonga
  • Mosongo
  • Mugumu
  • Natta
  • Nyamatare
  • Nyambureti
  • Nyamoko
  • Nyansurura
  • Rigicha
  • Ring'wani
  • Rung'abure
  • Sedeco
  • Stendi Kuu
  • Uwanja wa Ndege

References

  1. ↑ "Serengeti National Park". Serengeti National Park. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania". Tanroads. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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