Sikonge District is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of
Tanzania. The town of Sikonge is the administrative seat. The district
has an area of 27,873 square kilometres (10,762 sq mi), but 26,834
square kilometres (10,361 sq mi) of it is in forest and game
reserves. It is bordered to the northwest by Urambo District, to the
north by Uyui District, to the east by Manyoni District of Singida
Region, to the south by Chunya District of Mbeya Region, and to the
southwest by Mlele District of Katavi Region.
As of 2002, the population of Sikonge District was 133,388.
According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Sikonge District was 179,883.
History
Sikonge District was gazetted in July 1996, but
didn't officially start to function as a district until 1997. The area
had previously been the Sikonge Division of Tabora District.
Transport
Unpaved
Trunk road T8 from Tabora to Mbeya passes through the district. At the
village of Ipole unpaved trunk road T23 to Mpanda branches off.
The
Tanzanian Central Line train - from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma - passes
through a small portion of the northern part of the district.
Administrative divisions
Sikonge
District is administratively divided into two divisions, Sikonge
Division and Kiwere Division. Its eleven wards encompass the town of
Sikonge, fifty-two villages and 230 hamlets.Sikonge District has a
single electoral constituency, Sikonge Constituency, and thus only one
member in the National Assembly.
As of 2012, Sikonge District was administratively divided into 17 wards.
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