Ngara District is one of the eight (08) districts of Kagera Region, Tanzania. The inhabitants of Ngara are the Hanagaza and Washubi people and speak the Hanagaza and Kishubi languages. Before being named Ngara, it was known as Kibimba, meaning Wilderness. The actual origin of the name Ngara is a place that was used for meetings, which were held under large trees called iminyinya yingara. Thus, the umunyinya tree was planted by the Ngara District Council as a memorial, as it bears the name of the Ngara district. (Source: https://www.jamiiforums.com/threads/historia-ya-wilaya-ya-ngara-utamaduni-wa-wakazi-wa-ngara-na-chanzo-cha-jina-la-kabila-la-wahangaza.1193348/).
Area
Ngara District has an area of ​​3,744 km2, divided into four (4) divisions namely Nyamiaga, Kanazi, Rulenge and Murusagamba, 22 wards, 75 villages and 389 hamlets.
People of Ngara
The residents of Ngara District are divided into two ethnic groups namely the Wahangaza and Washubi. According to the 2012 census, the district has a total of 63,293 households with a population of 320,056, of which 152,443 (47%) are males and 167,613 (53%) are females. The population increase between the 2002 census and the 2012 census is 2.7 percent
Climate
Ngara District has two rainy seasons, namely the autumn and spring rains. The rainy season lasts from September to December and the dry season lasts from February to May. The annual rainfall averages 1400 mm in the upper zone and 800 mm in the lower zone. The average temperature in the southern zone is 17 °C and in the northern zone the temperature rises to 25 °C.
Economic Activities
The economy of Ngara district is based on agricultural and livestock activities. The main crops grown are coffee, bananas, cassava, maize, beans and sorghum in terms of food crops. The main cash crops are coffee, bananas and avocados. About 95 percent of the population of this district depends on agriculture as a source of income and agricultural activities contribute more than 94 percent of the district’s income.
Vision
To enable the citizens of Ngara to have a better life by 2025
Mission
To provide quality social services to the citizens of Ngara using existing resources
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