SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

space technology
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DS200 PROJECT ABOUT MWANZA REGION.

My name is ONESMO NANGI from the clan of Nangi who leaves Sengerema-Mwanza.In my educational context i passed some schools such as Niundumu secondary school for ordinary level and kwiro boys for advanced level.

  I normally prefer foods like ugali since its my original food,either things like music and gospel are those which i prefer more in entertainment context.My project is about Mwanza region.

 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF MWANZA

Mwanza City is located on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in Northwest Tanzania. It covers an area of 1325km2 of which 425 is dry land and 900km2 is covered by water. Of the 425km2 dry land area, approximately 86.8Km2 is urbanized while the remaining areas consist of forested land, valleys, cultivated plains, grassy and undulating rocky hill areas.

    inselberg at  lake Victoria

CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL SETTING

Mwanza City lies at an altitude of 1,140 metres above the sea level. Mean temperature ranges between 25.7OC and 30.2OC in hot season and 15.4oC and18.6OC in the cooler months.The City experiences between 700 and 1000mm of rainfall per year falling in two fairly distinct seasons i.e. between the months of October and December and between February and May. The City is characterised by gently undulating granites and granodiorite physiography with isolated hill masses and rock inselbergs. It is also characterised by well-drained sandy loamy soil generated from course grained cretaceous. The vegetation cover is typical savannah with scattered tall trees and tall grass.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Mwanza town was founded in 1892 as a regional Administration and Commercial Centre to control mainly export production of the cotton growing areas in the Lake Victoria Zone. In 1978 Mwanza obtained the status of Municipality in line with the local government structure established in 1972. In 2000, Mwanza was further promoted to a City status.