{{Short description|Former District in Arusha Region, Tanzania}} {{About|the district in Tanzania|the county in Kenya|Meru County}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Arumeru |settlement_type = District <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_map = Arumeru.png |mapsize = 175px |map_caption = Map of Arusha Region's districts with Arumeru highlighted <!-- Location ------------------> |coordinates = {{coord|03|08|S|36|52|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Tanzania |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Arusha Region <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2002 |population_total = 516,814 }} '''Arumeru District''' ('''Meru District''' and '''Arusha Rural District''') is a former district in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was bordered to the north, west, and southwest by Monduli District, to the southeast by the city of Arusha, and to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region.
{{As of|2002}}, the population of the Arumeru District was 516,814.<ref name="Census-2002-Arumeru">{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing General Report: Arusha: Arumeru|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/arumeru.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318022544/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/arumeru.htm|archivedate=18 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Administrative subdivisions==
===Constituencies=== For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Arumeru District had two constituencies, Arumeru West (Arumeru Magharibi) Constituency and Arumeru East (Arumeru Mashariki) Constituency.
===Divisions=== Beginning in 2007 Arumeru District has been administered by two district councils: Arusha District Council and Meru District Council.<ref name="MDC-History">{{Cite web |title=Meru District Council - History |publisher=Arusha Region Office, Tanzania |url=http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council?showall=&start=1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104175459/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council?showall=&start=1 |archivedate=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>"Meru district council is among the two councils that form Arumeru district." {{Cite web |title=Meru District Council |publisher=Arusha Region Office, Tanzania |url=http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409194946/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council |archivedate=9 April 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref> Arusha District Council administers three divisions, 20 wards, 75 villages, 294 hamlets and 64,339 households.<ref name="ADC">{{Cite web |title=Arusha District Council |publisher=Arusha Region Office, Tanzania |url=http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016090303/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council |archivedate=16 October 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref> Meru District Council administers three divisions, 17 wards, 71 villages and 281 subvillages.<ref name="MDC">{{Cite web |title=Meru District Council |publisher=Arusha Region Office, Tanzania |url=http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409194946/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/meru-district-council |archivedate=9 April 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref>
===Wards=== The Arumeru District is administratively divided into 37 wards:<ref name="Census-2002-Arumeru" /><ref name="MDC" /> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Akheri * Bangata * Bwawani * Ilkiding'a * Kikatiti * Kikwe * Kimnyaki * King'ori * Kiranyi * Kisongo * Leguruki * Makiba *Lemanyata * Maji ya Chai<ref>In English, the Swahili "Maji ya Chai" means: ''water for tea''.</ref> * Maroroni * Mateves * Mbuguni * Mlangarini * Moivo * Moshono * Murieti * Musa * Mwandeti * Nduruma * Ngarenanyuki * Nkoanrua * Nkoaranga * Nkoarisambu * Oldonyosambu * Oljoro * Olkokola * Oltroto * Oltrumet * Poli * Singisi * Sokoni II * Songoro * Usa River {{div col end}}
==Economy== The district economy is almost entirely agricultural, consisting mostly of subsistence farming and livestock raising.<ref name="MDC" /><ref name="ADC-History">{{Cite web |title=Arusha District Council - History |publisher=Arusha Region Office, Tanzania |url=http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council?showall=&start=1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104183500/http://arusha.go.tz/index.php/councils/arusha-district-council?showall=&start=1 |archivedate=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref> Exports from the few large-scale commercial horticultural farms bring in most of the money in the district. In 2012, that economy in Arumeru District was threatened when, local landless residents forcibly occupied some of those commercial farms.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ihucha, Adam|title=Arumeru, Arusha land invasions threaten commercial farming|date=12 May 2012|newspaper=The East African|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1404430/-/mj2txxz/-/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224023841/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1404430/-/mj2txxz/-/index.html|archivedate=24 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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