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Ngorongoro District is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kenya, to the east by the Monduli District, to the south by the Karatu District and to the west by the Mara Region.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Ngorongoro Region was 129,776. [1]
Within the district are the famous Ngorongoro Crater and active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. It plays host to parts of the wildebeest migration, as such, much of the district is considered part of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, which is defined by the limits of the annual wildlife migration.
The major ethnic group in the district are the Maasai people.
The District Headquarters, including the office of the District Commissioner are located in Loliondo village.
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Protected Area Status
The entire southern half of the district is designated as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) which is governed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA). The Conservation Area is the only one of its kind in Tanzania with all other of the country's protected areas designated as Game Reserves and National Parks.
The NCAA uniquely allows human habitation within the protected area, but places restrictions on land-use in the NCA, including cultivation and livestock grazing. Whilst watering of cattle is permitted, human habitation and livestock grazing is forbidden in the Ngorongoro Crater which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Divisions
The District is divided into 3 Divisions:
- Ngorongoro
- Loliondo
- Sale
Wards
The Ngorongoro District is further administratively divided into 14 wards:
- Arash (Tanzanian ward)
- Digodigo
- Enduleni
- Kakesio
- Malambo
- Nainokanoka
- Nayobi
- Olbalbal
- Oldonyo-Sambu
- Orgosorok
- Ngorongoro (Tanzanian ward)
- Pinyinyi
- Sale (Tanzanian ward)
- Soit Sambu
Sources
- Maasailand Ecology: Pastoralist Development and Wildlife Conservation in Ngorongoro, Tanzania - K.W. Homewood and W.A. Rodgers 24th October 1991, CUP
- Deocampo, D.M., 2004. Hydrogeochemistry in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, and implications for land use in a World Heritage Site. Applied Geochemistry, volume 19, p. 755-767
- Deocampo, D.M., 2005. Evaporative evolution of surface waters and the role of aqueous CO2 in magnesium silicate precipitation: Lake Eyasi and Ngorongoro Crater, northern Tanzania. South African Journal of Geology, volume 108, p. 493-504.
See also
- Districts of Tanzania
- Arusha Region
- Arumeru District
- Arusha District
- Karatu District
- Monduli District
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