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BUNDA DISTRICT PROFILE I. INTRODUCTION Location: Bunda District Council is among the five Local Authorities of Mara Region. It lies between latitudes 1°30'’ & 2°45'’ South of the Equator and between Longitudes 33°39'’to 34° 05'’ East of the Greenwich. The District is bordered by Musoma (Rural) District in the North, Serengeti District in the East, Magu District in the South and Ukerewe District in the West. Magu and Ukerewe districts are found in Mwanza Region. Area: The District has an area of 3088 km2, out of which 200 km2 is occupied by Lake Victoria and 480km2 by Serengeti National Park. The remaining part is dry land, which is used for farming and settlements. II. ADMINISTRATION Administratively, Bunda District is divided into 4 divisions, 20 wards, 86 villages and 14 sub villages, which makes Bunda Township. There are 470 hamlets. According to the 2002 National Census, the district had a population of 258,930 people, out of which, 134,452 were females and 123,978 males. The annual population growth rate is 1.8% and the average population density is 70 people/km2 there are 42,605 households with an average of size of 6.1 people per households. Occupation Pattern: The larger portions of Bunda district inhabitants are peasants, fisherman, livestock keepers and small-scale traders. These main economic activities contribute more then 81% of the district GDP. 1 III. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES i. Agriculture Bunda district has 240,790 ha. of arable land which is 83% of total area of the district. Agriculture contributes 38% of the District GDP, Food crops grown include cassava, sorghum, maize, sweet potatoes, paddy, beans, legumes, bulrush millet, finger millet, vegetables & fruits. Major cash crops are cotton, sunflower sim sim & chickpeas – the last 3 crops are produced in smaller quantities. ii. Livestock Production Livestock is among the potential sectors in Bunda District Council. It contributes about 28% of the district GDP. About 40% of households are engaged in livestock keeping. The numbers of livestock in the District are as follows: Cattle-219,875 goats-76,311, sheep-47,410, donkeys-1,225, poultry-182,265 and 306 pigs. iii. Fisheries Fishing activities contribute 14.7% of the District GDP. iv. iv. Minerals Currently there is small scale gold mining activities at Nyasana, Kamukenga, Kinyambwiga, Buzimbwe and Karukekere, which is undertaken at a small scale after the closure of Kabasa mine in 1967. Trade & Industry Business run include retail and wholesale shops, 3 cotton ginneries which of which 2 have oil mills and 2 plastic containers manufacturing plants. IV. SOCIAL SERVICES (i) Water Supply 5 charcoal dams 10 medium deep wells, 19 deep wells, 10 Institutional RWH Tanks, 191 traditional water sources, 3 pumped water schemes, 2 gravity schemes 21 RHW tanks, 323 shallow wells out of which only 250 are functioning. 2 (ii) Health The District has 2 Hospitals both run by Religious institutions (RC & ELCT) 3 Rural Health centers; 32 dispensaries owned solely by the District council, 3 dispensaries owned by private and the other 2 by religious organizations. (iii) Education: Primary Education 153 primary schools 151 owned by council and other 2 privately owned, these schools have 973 classrooms with 1,887 streams with 1,442 primary school teachers. Secondary Education 24 secondary schools (Government owned) 3 privately owned Other education Institutions 1 Teachers Training College 3 Teachers Resource Centres 1 Folk Development College (iv) Wildlife Villagers benefit from Serengeti National park and Grumet game Reserve through materials and financial support for improvement of social services in their villages. Kirawira & Grumet wildlife lodges contribute to the District revenue by paying bedding fees per each tourist accommodated at their hotels. V. INFRASTUCTURE (i) Roads Total length of gravelled road is 692km National Roads – 99km (39km is tarmac) Regional Roads – 102km District Road – 226km Village feeder roads – 225 km (earthed) Township Roads – 60km 3 (ii) Communication Telecommunications including landline phone, fax services provided by TTCL, cellular phones Celtel, Tigo, zantel and Vodacom. Some religious organizations, police force and healthy facilities use radio calls for communication. 4