{{Short description|District in Kagera Region, Tanzania}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Biharamulo District | native_name = Wilaya ya Biharamulo | native_name_lang = sw | settlement_type = District <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_map = Biharamulo District in Kagera 2022.svg | map_caption = Biharamulo District of Kagera Region <!-- Location ------------------> | coordinates = {{coord|2.633333|S|31.316667|E|region:TZ-05-type:adm2nd-source:wikidata|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kagera Region | area_total_km2 = 7464 | elevation_m = 1200 | elevation_min_m = 1135 | elevation_max_m = 1410 | government_type = Council | governing_body = Biharamulo District Council | leader_title2 = Chairman of Council | leader_name2 = Leo Methew Rushahu | leader_title = District Commissioner | leader_name = Kemilembe Rose Lwota | leader_title1 = District Secretary | leader_name1 = Venance S. Martin <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2022 census | population_total = 457,114 | population_density_km2 = auto | area_code = 028 | timezone = EAT | website = {{URL|https://biharamulodc.go.tz/|District Website}} }}
'''Biharamulo District''' is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Karagwe District and Muleba District, to the east and south by Geita Region, to the west by Ngara District, and to the southwest by the Kigoma Region. Its administrative seat is Biharamulo town. Biharamulo Game Reserve is located within the borders of the district.
According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Biharamulo District was 323,486, from 409,389 in 2002, and 209,279 in 1988.<ref name="TZ_census_2002">{{cite web |title=2002 Census Analytical Report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/index.php/en/census-surveys/population-and-housing-census/157-2002-census-analytical-report |website=Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania) |access-date=2 July 2022 |location=Dodoma, Tanzania |page=17 |language=sw}}</ref><ref name="TZ_census_2012">{{cite web |title=Tanzania National Census 2012 |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/census2012/Census_General_Report.zip |website=National Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 July 2022 |location=Dodoma, Tanzania |page=163 |language=en |date=March 2013}}</ref> This decline in population can be explained from the fact that Chato District was split off from Biharamulo District in between the 2002 and the 2012 census. The district area is {{convert|7,464|km2}}, with a population density of {{convert|43.34|km2}}<ref name="CP_biharamulo22">{{cite web |title=Biharamulo District in Tanzania |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/kagera/1804__biharamulo/ |website=City Population |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=en, de}}</ref> There are 17 wards, 74 villages and 384 suburbs in the district.<ref name="Biharamulo_dc">{{cite web |title=Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo |trans-title=Biharamulo District Council |url=https://biharamulodc.go.tz/ |website=Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa |publisher=Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo |access-date=2 July 2022 |location=Bukoba, Tanzania |language=sw}}</ref>
==Transport==
===Road=== Several trunk roads [http://www.tanroads.go.tz] pass through Biharamulo District: T3 from Morogoro to the Rwanda border, T4 from Mwanza to Bukoba and T9 from Biharamulo to Kigoma.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania |url=http://tanroads.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=92 |website=Tanroads |accessdate=1 December 2015 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113320/http://tanroads.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=92 |archivedate=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
==Administrative subdivisions== In 2002 the district was divided into 21 wards, but many of these are now part of Chato District. As of 2012, Biharamulo District was administratively divided into 15 wards.<ref name="Census 2012">{{cite web|title=Census 2012 |url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |website=National Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |archivedate=March 5, 2016 }}</ref>
===Wards=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Biharamulo Mjini * Bisibo * Kabindi * Kalenge * Kaniha * Lusahunga * Nemba * Nyabusozi * Nyakahura * Nyamahanga * Nyamigogo * Nyantakara * Nyarubungo * Runazi * Ruziba {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-2.633333~31.316667&style=r&lvl=12&sp=Point.-2.633333_31.316667_Biharamulo___ Bing Map]
{{Districts of Kagera}}
Category:Districts of Kagera Region Category:Shubi people Category:Haya people Category:Hangaza people Category:Sukuma Category:Zinza people Category:Ha people
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