Ifakara

Ifakara
Town
The TAZARA train station in Ifakara.
The TAZARA train station in Ifakara.
Nickname: 
Rice town
Motto(s): 
Mji wa mchele, "Town of Rice"
Ifakara Town District of Morogoro Region
Ifakara Town District of Morogoro Region
Coordinates: 08°06′S 36°41′E / 8.100°S 36.683°E / -8.100; 36.683
Country Tanzania
RegionMorogoro Region
DistrictKilombero District
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total
205,843
Time zoneGMT + 3
Area code023
ClimateAw
WebsiteRegional website

Ifakara is a town in the Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, south central Tanzania. It is the headquarters of the Kilombero District administration[2] and the main trading centre for Kilombero and Ulanga districts. The town is located near the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) line, at the edge of the Kilombero Valley, a vast swampland flooded by the mighty Kilombero River.

Ifakara is home to six major institutions of the Tanzanian health and water sectors:

  • the Ifakara Health Institute,[3] formerly Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, recognized internationally for its research on malaria, other tropical diseases and health systems and services
  • the St.Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences(SFUCHAS), a constituent college of St. Augustine University of Tanzania, a higher learning institution established in 2010 offering Doctor of Medicine degree and other Allied health programs.[4]
  • the St. Francis Designated Referral Hospital
  • Maji Safi Kwa Afya Bora Ifakara (MSABI) is an NGO implementing cost effective, community based water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Tanzania.[5]
  • The Ifakara School of Nursing former Edgar Maranta Nursing school.
  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
  2. ^ Geubbels, Eveline; Amri, Shamte; Levira, Francis; Schellenberg, Joanna; Masanja, Honorati; Nathan, Rose (May 15, 2015). "Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Ifakara Rural and Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ifakara HDSS)". International Journal of Epidemiology. 44 (3): 848–861. doi:10.1093/ije/dyv068. PMID 25979725.
  3. ^ "Ifakara Health Institute".
  4. ^ "St.francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS)".
  5. ^ "MSABI".