Ikungi District is one of the six districts of the Singida Region of Tanzania. It is one of the 20 new districts that were formed in Tanzania since 2010; it was split off from Singida Rural District. Ikungi District is bordered to the north by Iramba District, Singida Urban District and Singida Rural District, to the east by Manyara Region, to the south by Manyoni District and to the west by Tabora Region. Its administrative seat is the town of Ikungi.
According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Ikungi District was 411,262.
Transport Paved trunk road T3 from Morogoro to the Rwandan border passes through the district.
The Singida branch of the Central Railway of Tanzanian Railways passes through the district. There is a station at Ikungi town.
Administrative subdivisions As of 2012, Ikungi District was administratively divided into 26 wards.
Wards 2012 Ward Population Population - Male Population - Female Number of Households Average Household Size Puma 9,945 4,795 5,150 1,999 5 Kituntu 8,444 4,219 4,225 1,497 5.6 Mungaa 18,276 8,903 9,373 3,554 5.1 Siuyu 7,952 3,987 3,965 1,472 5.4 Kikio 7,887 3,937 3,950 1,515 5.2 Lighwa 7,245 3,575 3,670 1,349 5.4 Misughaa 6,679 3,376 3,303 1,302 5.1 Ntuntu 11,360 5,738 5,622 2,124 5.3 Dung'unyi 10,158 5,111 5,047 1,994 5.1 Mang'onyi 14,962 7,903 7,059 3,053 4.9 Mkiwa 5,152 2,625 2,527 942 5.5 Issuna 12,158 6,212 5,946 2,195 5.5 Unyahati 9,710 4,870 4,840 1,956 5 Ikungi 12,661 6,331 6,330 2,533 5 Iglansoni 11,256 5,432 5,824 1,595 7.1 Iseke 6,933 3,444 3,489 1,346 5.2 Ihanja 8,269 4,169 4,100 1,620 5.1 Minyughe 18,440 9,239 9,201 4,965 3.7 Muhintiri 8,896 4,420 4,476 1,486 6 Iyumbu 9,377 4,590 4,787 1,133 8.3 Mgungira 6,548 3,198 3,350 913 7.2 Mwaru 11,784 5,752 6,032 1,929 6.1 Ighombwe 13,344 6,692 6,652 1,839 7.3 Mtunduru 17,056 8,589 8,467 2,940 5.8 Sepuka 12,446 6,092 6,354 2,352 5.3 Irisya 6,021 2,979 3,042 1,097 5.5
Wards 2002
The Singida Rural District was administratively divided into 30 wards:
Dungunyi Kinyeto Iambi Ihanja Ikhanoda Ikungi Ilongero Irisya Issuna Maghojoa Makuro Mangonyi Matumbo Merya Mgori Mgungira Minyughe Misughaa Msisi Mtinko Mudida Muhintiri Mungaa Mwaru Ngimu Ntuntu Puma Sepuka Siuyu Ughandi
References
Sources Singida Rural District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census