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'''Manyoni District''' is one of the six districts in the Singida Region of Tanzania. The district capital is the town of Manyoni. The district is bordered to the north by the Ikungi District, to the east by the Dodoma Region, to the south by the Iringa Region, to the southwest by the Mbeya Region and to the west by the Itigi District. In 2015 the Itigi District was created from the Manyoni District, separating the Itigi Division that was the large portion of the south western of the district.<ref name="ItigiDC_hist">{{cite web |title=Historia |url=https://itigidc.go.tz/history |website=itigidc.go.tz |publisher=Itigi District |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905025108/https://itigidc.go.tz/history |archive-date=5 September 2022 |location=Itigi |language=sw |url-status=live}}</ref>
According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Manyoni District was 279,069.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/manyoni.htm |title=2002 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS- General Report |website=www.tanzania.go.tz |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040320145102/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/manyoni.htm |archive-date=20 March 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
As of 2016 the district commissioner of the Manyoni district was Rahabu Mwagisa Solomon.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Regional commissioners, District commissioners Line-Up Named |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201606270320.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |work=allAfrica |agency=Tanzania Daily News |date=27 June 2016 |location=Dar es Salaam}}</ref>
==Transport== Paved trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwanda border passes through the district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singida Roads Network|url=http://tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446622144-Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf|website=Tanroads|accessdate=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311184815/http://tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446622144-Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The town of Manyoni has a station on the Central Railway of the Tanzanian Railways.
==Administrative subdivisions== As of 2012, Manyoni District was administratively divided into 30 wards.<ref name="Census 2012">{{cite web |title=Census 2012 |url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome |archivedate=5 March 2016 |accessdate=16 February 2016 |website=National Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>
===Wards=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Aghondi * Chikola * Chikuyu * Heka * Idodyandole * Ipande * Isseke * Itigi Majengo * Itigi Mjini * Kintinku * Kitaraka * Majiri * Makanda * Makuru * Makutupora * Manyoni * Mgandu * Mitundu * Mkwese * Muhalala * Mvumi * Mwamagembe * Nkonko * Rungwa * Sanjaranda * Sanza * Saranda * Sasajila * Sasilo * Solya {{div col end}}
==See also== * Railway stations in Tanzania
==Sources== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040320145102/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/manyoni.htm Manyoni 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]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Singida}}
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