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
Website	http://serengetidc.go.tz/

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

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

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