Ikungi District
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Ikungi District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is one of the 20 new districts that were formed in Tanzania since 2010; it was split off from Singida Rural District.{{cite web|title=New constituencies up for grabs as CUF cries foul|url=http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/New-constituencies-up-for-grabs-as-CUF-cries-foul/-/1840340/2713548/-/qqqpsoz/-/index.html|website=The Citizen|accessdate=17 February 2016|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420124448/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/New-constituencies-up-for-grabs-as-CUF-cries-foul/-/1840340/2713548/-/qqqpsoz/-/index.html|url-status=dead}} Ikungi District is bordered to the north by Iramba District, Singida Urban District and Singida Rural District, to the east by Manyara Region, to the south by Manyoni District and to the west by Tabora Region. Its administrative seat is the town of Ikungi.
According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Ikungi District was 411,262.{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}{{cite web|title=Census 2012 |url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |website=National Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |archivedate=5 March 2016}}
Transport
Paved trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwandan border passes through the district.{{cite web|title=Singida Roads Network|url=http://tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446622144-Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf|website=Tanroads|accessdate=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311184815/http://tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446622144-Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
The Singida branch of the Central Railway of Tanzanian Railways passes through the district. There is a station at Ikungi town.
Administrative subdivisions
As of 2012, Ikungi District was administratively divided into 26 wards.
Wards 2012
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ward | Population | Population - Male | Population - Female | Number of Households | Average Household Size |
| Puma | 9,945 | 4,795 | 5,150 | 1,999 | 5 |
| Kituntu | 8,444 | 4,219 | 4,225 | 1,497 | 5.6 |
| Mungaa | 18,276 | 8,903 | 9,373 | 3,554 | 5.1 |
| Siuyu | 7,952 | 3,987 | 3,965 | 1,472 | 5.4 |
| Kikio | 7,887 | 3,937 | 3,950 | 1,515 | 5.2 |
| Lighwa | 7,245 | 3,575 | 3,670 | 1,349 | 5.4 |
| Misughaa | 6,679 | 3,376 | 3,303 | 1,302 | 5.1 |
| Ntuntu | 11,360 | 5,738 | 5,622 | 2,124 | 5.3 |
| Dung'unyi | 10,158 | 5,111 | 5,047 | 1,994 | 5.1 |
| Mang'onyi | 14,962 | 7,903 | 7,059 | 3,053 | 4.9 |
| Mkiwa | 5,152 | 2,625 | 2,527 | 942 | 5.5 |
| Issuna | 12,158 | 6,212 | 5,946 | 2,195 | 5.5 |
| Unyahati | 9,710 | 4,870 | 4,840 | 1,956 | 5 |
| Ikungi | 12,661 | 6,331 | 6,330 | 2,533 | 5 |
| Iglansoni | 11,256 | 5,432 | 5,824 | 1,595 | 7.1 |
| Iseke | 6,933 | 3,444 | 3,489 | 1,346 | 5.2 |
| Ihanja | 8,269 | 4,169 | 4,100 | 1,620 | 5.1 |
| Minyughe | 18,440 | 9,239 | 9,201 | 4,965 | 3.7 |
| Muhintiri | 8,896 | 4,420 | 4,476 | 1,486 | 6 |
| Iyumbu | 9,377 | 4,590 | 4,787 | 1,133 | 8.3 |
| Mgungira | 6,548 | 3,198 | 3,350 | 913 | 7.2 |
| Mwaru | 11,784 | 5,752 | 6,032 | 1,929 | 6.1 |
| Ighombwe | 13,344 | 6,692 | 6,652 | 1,839 | 7.3 |
| Mtunduru | 17,056 | 8,589 | 8,467 | 2,940 | 5.8 |
| Sepuka | 12,446 | 6,092 | 6,354 | 2,352 | 5.3 |
| Irisya | 6,021 | 2,979 | 3,042 | 1,097 | 5.5 |
Wards 2002
References
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Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060608223827/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/singidarural.htm Singida Rural District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census]
{{Districts of Singida}}