Rukwa Region(Mkoa wa Rukwa in Swahili) is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of 27,765 km2 (10,720 sq mi), which is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Haiti.
Rukwa Region is bordered to the north by Katavi Region, to the east by Songwe Region, to the south by the nation of Zambia and to the west by Lake Tanganyika, which forms a border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 1,540,519.
The region’s name comes from Lake Rukwa, it was established in 1975 by President Julius Nyerere by taking Mpanda District from the Tabora Region and the former unified Sumbawanga District from the Mbeya Region. Nkasi District was established in 1984. In 2012, the region was reorganized with the Mpanda District going to the new Katavi Region.
The Rukwa region has a total surface area of 27,765 km2, of which 6,605 km2 (23.79%) is made up of water bodies and 21,160 km2 (76.21%) is made up of land. Nkasi District, which makes up 47.27 percent of the region’s total area, and Sumbawanga District, which makes up 36.74 percent, dominate the distribution of the region’s area among the districts. The smallest district is Kalambo, which makes up only 15.99% of the region’s total area.
Three significant superficial geological deposits can be found in the Rukwa Region. In the high areas, these are the sandy soils, shallow, dispersed clayey lacustrines, and ferralitic soils.
Western Tanzania is where the Rukwa Region is located. Malonje in the Ufipa plateau has the highest point in the area at 2,461 meters above sea level, and Lake Tanganyika has the lowest point at 773 meters above sea level. The Miombo Woodlands, which predominate in Sumbawanga and Nkasi and are home to commercially valuable trees like Mninga (Pterocarpus angolensis) and Mputu, making up the majority of Rukwa Region’s vegetation.
The region has a tropical climate, with average monthly highs of 27°C in October and December and lows of 13°C in some locations in June and July. Rukwa region has had consistent, unimodal rainfall for many years; falling from November through May, ranging from 800 to 1300 mm annually. Following the rainy season, the dry season lasts into October.
List of Secondary Schools in Rukwa
Private and Government Secondary Schools (O-Level or A-Level Advance) Shule Za Sekondari Best Schools (Bweni-Boarding and Day).
Rukwa Schools
- S0884 – Mambwe Secondary School
- S0987 – Kipili Secondary School
- S1084 – Vuma Secondary School
- S1271 – Ulungu Secondary School
- S1552 – Chisenga Secondary School
- S1637 – Milundikwa Secondary School
- S1797 – Wampembe Secondary School
- S1848 – Kabwe Secondary School
- S2215 – Kalambo Secondary School
- S2216 – Mazoka Secondary School
- S2317 – Kipande Secondary School
- S2497 – Kipeta Secondary School
- S2542 – Kalangasa Secondary School
- S2674 – Lukangao Secondary School
- S2675 – Mbizi Secondary School
- S2696 – Ilemba Secondary School
- S3211 – Lusaka Secondary School
- S3611 – Kwela Secondary School
- S3698 – Mtenga Secondary School
- S3707 – Kanyele Secondary School
- S3739 – Zengwa Secondary School
- S3770 – Kichema Secondary School
- S3773 – Ojaki Secondary School
- S3805 – Mwimbi Secondary School
- S3820 – Unyiha Secondary School
- S3824 – Namema Secondary School
- S3883 – Machinda Secondary School
- S3946 – Kikwale Secondary School
- S4001 – Katazi Secondary School
- S4175 – Memya Secondary School
- S4289 – Mkole Secondary School
- S4360 – Sintali Secondary School
- S4377 – Kaoze Secondary School
- S4447 – Isale Secondary School
- S4457 – Kalembe Secondary School
- S4470 – Mashete Secondary School
- S4477 – Milenia Secondary School
- S4508 – Kala Secondary School
- S4513 – Kasanga Secondary School
- S4596 – Mkwamba Secondary School
- S4679 – Nkomolo Secondary School
- S4680 – Mkangale Secondary School
- S4949 – Katunda Secondary School
- S4950 – Kazovu Secondary School
- S5020 – Korongwe Beach Secondary School
- S5053 – Santakagwa Secondary School
- S0114 – Kaengesa Seminary
- S0116 – Kantalamba Secondary School
- S0285 – St Theresia Girls Secondary School
- S0547 – Mazwi Secondary School
- S0609 – Matai Secondary School
- S0610 – Nkasi Secondary School
- S0680 – Mwazye Secondary School
- S0688 – Msakila Secondary School
- S0717 – Laela Secondary School
- S0853 – Kizwite Secondary School
- S0985 – Mzindakaya Secondary School
- S1008 – St.Maurus Chemchemi Secondary Schoo
- S1090 – Chala Secondary School
- S1116 – Mtipe Secondary School
- S1179 – Itwelele Secondary School
- S1232 – Kate Secondary School
- S1269 – Makuzani Secondary School
- S1648 – Sumbawanga Secondary School
- S1672 – Mafulala Secondary School
- S1842 – Tawheed Seminary
- S1867 – Miangalua Secondary School
- S2036 – Ntuchi Secondary School
- S2120 – Katuma Secondary School
- S2296 – Msanzi Secondary School
- S2453 – Mpui Secondary School
- S2676 – Ipepa Secondary School
- S3560 – Uchile Secondary School
- S3690 – Kanda Secondary School
- S3771 – Mhama Secondary School
- S4071 – Aggrey Chanji Secondary School
- S4181 – Kilimani Maweni Secondary School
- S4785 – Kirando Secondary School
- S4841 – Chanji Secondary School
- S4848 – African Rainbow Secondary School
- S4891 – Neno Secondary School
Rukwa is an agrarian society where agriculture accounts for around 80% of people’s daily income. Maize, paddy, beans, wheat, millet, and cassava are among of the crops that are grown. Sunflower, groundnuts, sesame, barley, and other vegetables are among the others.
Although agriculture is not yet fully mechanized, the trend indicates that there is an excess of certain crops, notably maize, paddy, cassava, sunflower, and sesame. Smallholder farmers who work between 0.5 and 2.0 ha account for 68 percent of the farmed area in the Rukwa region and are the main form of agriculture.
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