Tarime District (Tarime)
Tarime District is one of the seven districts of the Mara Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It was previously known as the "North Mara District". Its district capital is Tarime town. It is bordered from the north to east by the Kenyan districts of Migori, Trans Mara and Kuria East and West Districts, and to the east by the Maasai Mara game reserve. To the south it is bordered across the Mara River by the Serengeti and Butiama districts, and to the west by Rorya District.
North Mara Gold Mine is located within Tarime District. It is operated by Acacia Mining.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Tarime District was 492,798. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Tarime District was 339,693.
Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Kenyan border passes through the district. The main border crossing from Tanzania to Kenya in the Lake Victoria zone is located at Sirari, which is also a ward of Tarime District.
North Mara Gold Mine is located within Tarime District. It is operated by Acacia Mining.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Tarime District was 492,798. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Tarime District was 339,693.
Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Kenyan border passes through the district. The main border crossing from Tanzania to Kenya in the Lake Victoria zone is located at Sirari, which is also a ward of Tarime District.
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Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus Homo are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of Homo erectus 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread all over the Old World, and later in the New World and Australia under the species Homo sapiens. H. sapiens also overtook Africa and absorbed the older species of humanity. Later in the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South Sudan–Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago. These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas. They subsequently migrated across the rest of Tanzania between 2,300 and 1,700 years ago.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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TZS | Tanzanian shilling | Sh | 2 |
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AR | Arabic language |
EN | English language |