Makete District is one of the six districts of Njombe Region of
Tanzania. Its administrative seat is the town of Iwawa. It is bordered
to the north and west by the Mbeya Region, to the east by the Njombe
District and to the south by the Ludewa District. It is divided into six
divisions and 17 wards. Makete District was founded in 1979 with the
policy of the Ujamaa. Before, this part of Iringa Region belonged to
Njombe District.According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the
population of the Makete District was 128,520. The Wakinga people mostly
live in Makete District. .
Geography
The area of the district is 5800 km2; however, only 371 km2 of the land
is useful for agriculture. The region is at an altitude of 1500 to 3000 m
above sea level, being crossed by both the Livingstone Mountains and
the Kipengere Range. Temperatures range from 2 to 20 °Celsius and 20 to
30 °Celsius in the mountains and on the plateau, respectively. Annual
rainfall is from 1500 to 2800 mm in the mountains and 300 to 800 mm on
the plateau. Major rivers originating from the mountains are Numbi,
Kimani, Luvanyila and Ijangala .Smaller portions of the Great Ruaha
River Basin lie within Makete District.
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Social situation
Currently,
the biggest challenges to be met by administration, are to improve the
transportation infrastructure and provide better health care. HIV/AIDS
appears to be a special challenge for the region. The persons tested
HIV-positive increased from 3,900 in 1988 to over 10,000 in 2002.
Approximately 5% of children under 17 years are orphans. Consequently,
care for orphaned children make up a large part of the expenses. A
program funded by UNICEF, Mama Mkubwa offers financial support. Programs
of numerous NGOs and faith-based organizations (FBOs) put special
emphasis on combatting malnutrition.
Economy
Agriculture provides the livelihood of most people in Makete District.
Because of the temperate climate, wheat and potatoes are widely
cultivated; they are often intercropped with pumpkin, Phaseolus beans
and peas. Because of the temperate climate, also fruit trees, such as
plums, peaches, apples and pears, are being cropped in the district. The
region is well known for its bamboo wine (ulanzi), which is prepared
from the fermented juice of the wine bamboo (Oxytenanthera). People from
Makete District traditionally worked as pluckers on tea plantations of
the country.
Maize
has only recently been introduced. Diverse livestock species are held.
While cattle are usually kept on communal grazing land, goats, pigs and
poultry are reared close to the homesteads. Inside the houses, a large
proportion of the rural population also keeps domestic cavies (i.e.,
Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus) for meat production, although they are
rarely mentioned in statistics. Locally, the animals are called
simbilisi, which is a Kihehe word. In Makete District, cavies are
largely fed with bamboo leaves
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