Sumve

Sumve is a ward located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, in Tanzania. Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the residents speak Kisukuma along with Swahili, the national language. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 18,514 people in the ward, from 16,436 in 2012.^{[3]: 176 [2]: 147}

Sumve Kata ya Sumve
Ward
Sumve's Sunday Market
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Coordinates: 2°45′S 33°14′E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mwanza Region
District	Kwimba District
Ward	Sumve
Area
• Total	92 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1][2]: 146
• Total	18,514
• Density	179/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode	33814

The primary economic activity in the village of Sumve is the farming of rice, maize and cotton, often at the subsistence level. Sumve hosts the Kwimba district designated hospital. Since six years the village has been connected to electricity via Tanesco, although there are frequent power outages (in which case a generator kicks in). The Sumve College of Nursing and Midwifery collaborates in training the hospital staff.^[4] Two secondary schools, Sumve Girls Secondary School (O-level) and Sumve High School (O and A-level) are located in the village along with several primary schools. Many of the residents are Roman Catholic, and a large Catholic church built by the "White Fathers" of the Netherlands nearly 100 years ago still remains in Sumve today.

Sumve is approximately 70 km Southeast of Mwanza, the regional capital. Though very rural, plans exist to bring running water to Sumve's residents in the near future. At present there is a small water pump to supply water throughout the village. A computer training center, called Sumcot, has been set up, to assure IT education and internet use is available to hospital staff and students of the schools. Sumve is accessible via private vehicles (travel time is about one hour to Mwanza), but most visitors and residents take one of the buses to and from Mwanza. Though the place is accessible through railway road but at the present is not in function. The area is supplied with full mobile network dominated by Airtel and Vodacom.

Villages

The ward has 27 villages.^[5]

• Sumve Lugulu "A"
• Sumve Lugulu "B"
• Budushi "A"
• Budushi "B"
• Budushi "C"
• Nyamayengo
• Chambali
• Nyamijundu
• Solwe
• Sumve
• Mahiga
• Imalaseko
• Mbafe
• Mabatini
• Igoma
• Nyambiti
• Lugeye
• Businuka
• Buchela
• Bumyengeja
• Ilebelo
• Kasela
• Mwashilalage
• Ngongwa
• Nyang'hwale
• Mwakasubi
• Kitangili

References

1. "Sumve (Rural Ward)". citypopulation.de. National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
2. 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
3. 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. "Sumve Nurses and Midwives Training Centre". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
5. "Mwanza Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.