Kyela District

{{Short description|District of Mbeya Region, Tanzania}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Kyela | native_name = {{native phrase |sw |Wilaya ya Kyela }} | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Kyela District in Mbeya 2022.svg | map_caption = Kyela District of Mbeya Region | coordinates = {{coord|9|37|30|S|33|52|30|E|display=inline,title|type:adm2nd_region:TZ_source:google_maps}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Mbeya Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = Kyela | established_title = Established | established_date = 1972 | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | government_type = Council | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Katule G. Kingamkono | leader_title1 = Director | leader_name1 = Ezekiel Magehema | population_as_of = 2016 | population_total = 244108 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_footnotes = {{r|2016_census|p=96}} | postal_code = 537xx | postal_code_type = Postcode{{r|Mbeya_postcode}} | area_code = 025 | timezone = EAT | website = {{URL|https://kyeladc.go.tz/ |District Website}} }}

'''Kyela''' is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Rungwe District, to the northeast by Njombe Region, to the southeast by Lake Nyasa, to the south by Malawi and to the west by Ileje District.

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 244,108 people in the district, from 221,490 in 2012.{{r|2016_census|p=96}}{{r|2012_census|p=114}}

The District Commissioner of the Kyela District is Katule G. Kingamkono.{{r|Kyela_web}}

== Wards == The Kyela District is administratively divided into 33 wards, 93 villages, and 398 vitongoji:{{r|Kyela_web}}{{r|2016_census|p=96-97}} {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Bondeni * Bujonde * Busale * Ibanda * Ikama * Ikimba * Ikolo * Ipande * Ipinda * Ipyana * Itope * Itunge * Kajunjumele * Katumba Songwe * Kyela Mjini * Lusungo * Mababu * Makwale * Matema * Mbugani * Mikoroshini * Muungano * Mwanganyanga * Mwaya * Ndandalo * Ndobo * Ngana * Ngonga * Njisi * Nkokwa * Nkuyu * Serengeti * Talatala {{div col end}}

== Agriculture == The production of rice in Kyela is mainly favored by its geographical location and weather. Rivers such as Mbaka, Kiwira, Lufilyo and Songwe flowing into Lake Malawi all cross through Kyela. This makes the district constantly have wet land that is suitable for rice production. Apart from rice, Kyela also produces other crops like bananas, cashew nuts, beans, 80% of Tanzania's cocoa production <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/kyela-cocoa-boom-farmers-urged-to-go-commercial-as-prices-rise-4471128 | title=Kyela cocoa boom: Farmers urged to go commercial as prices rise | date=21 December 2023 }}</ref> and watermelon.

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Kyela_web">{{cite web |title=Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Kyela |url=https://kyeladc.go.tz/ |website=kyeladc.go.tz |publisher=Kyela District |access-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716220619/https://kyeladc.go.tz/ |archive-date=16 July 2022 |location=Kyela District |language=sw |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="2016_census">{{Cite report |url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |title=2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara. |trans-title=Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=sw |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227102333/https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/majimbo/MAJIMBOApril_Kisw.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="2012_census">{{Cite report |url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |title=2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas. |date=2013-03-01 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |page= |language=en |access-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Mbeya_postcode">{{cite web |title=Mbeya Postcodes |url=https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Mbeya%2053000_1622732877.pdf |publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809132814/https://www.tcra.go.tz/uploads/text-editor/files/Mbeya%2053000_1622732877.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> }}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060608224222/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/kyela.htm Kyela District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060212005230/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/govdirf.html Tanzanian Government Directory Database]

{{Districts of Mbeya}} {{Authority control}} Category:Districts of Mbeya Region