Lindi Region

[4] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Sri Lanka.[6] The region is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely; Kilwa Kisiwani and Selous Game Reserve.[7]: page 2 For 2002–2012, the region's 0.9 percent average annual population growth rate was the 29th highest in the country.[8] In comparison, Lindi is larger than the island nation of Sri Lanka which has a total land area of 62,732 square kilometers.Lindi Eegion receives annual precipitation level of 750 to 1200 millimeters, often raining in February and March during the wet season.Lindi Region is also home to the Tendaguru Formation, a Late Jurassic fossil record, where a complete skeleton of the largest land animals to ever exist; Giraffatitan was discovered by German colonizers during their occupation of the territory in the early 20th century.Other fossils that were found there are the Kentrosaurus, Janenschia, Tornieria, Tendaguria, Dysalotosaurus, Australodocus, Elaphrosaurus, Veterupristisaurus and Dicraeosaurus species of dinosaurs.[8] Lindi Region hosts both native African savanna wildlife and also Indian Ocean fauna.The regional bird is the Malachite Kingfisher is found in more numbers in Lindi, especially at the Selous game reserve and Nyerere National Park.Others include the Km2, Ringo, and Maleshi Forest Reserves, as well as Nanyoma Caves (which have a 4 acre trial patch of mninga trees).A section of baobab forest may be found in Kikwetu's Municipal Council borders, to the east of Lindi Airport.[13] On the Noto Plateau, there is a sizable area of forest: Makangela, which contains miombo woodland, is located on the southern side of the main road between Rutamba and Lilola.Another is Mnacho, a 1 square kilometer area of thickets and shrubs planted with acacia siamea in 1978 to provide woodfuel for the town of Lindi.Despite being degazetted in 1960 (GN No 487), the Livengula Forest Reserve, which is next to Lake Narunyu and directly to the north of the coconut plantation, continues to be a cashewnut woods.[15] Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and quarrying, trade and commerce, public administration, and education are the main economic sectors in which the working population in the Lindi region is employed.Electricity, Gas, and Water as well as Communication and Transport each employed 0.1 percent of the total workforce in the area.The second agro-ecological zone is the midlands where the main cultivation of crops include maize, African rice, sesame and cassava.The Indian Ocean, River Lukuredi, Lake Rutamba, and dams are the region's natural water sources, which all support fishing.Sustainable honey production is an area the government is exploring commercial interests in the forest reserves.Graphite, feldspar, salt, coal, gold, marble, nickel, copper, manganese, iron ore, limestone, gem, gypsum, and other minerals may be found in Lindi.It is the ancestral home to the Mwera people located on the central east coast of the Lindi Region with the majority being found in Kilwa District.In terms of regional cuisine, "Chipwenye," a traditional dish made of a blend of Bambara beans and maize, is a popular choice (njugu mawe).Urban regions of Lindi had a substantially higher literacy rate (74.3%) than rural areas (60.6 percent).