Meru District
| Arumeru | |
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| District | |
 Map of Arusha Region's Districts with Arumeru highlighted. |
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| Coordinates: 03°08′S 36°52′E / 3.133°S 36.867°ECoordinates: 03°08′S 36°52′E / 3.133°S 36.867°E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Region | Arusha Region |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 516,814 |
Arumeru District (Meru District and Arusha Rural District) is one of the six districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north, west, and southwest by Monduli District, to the southeast by the city of Arusha, and to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region.
As of 2002[update], the population of the Arumeru District was 516,814.
For parliamentary elections, Arusha Region is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Arumeru District had two constituencies, Arumeru West (Arumeru Magharibi) Constituency and Arumeru East (Arumeru Mashariki) Constituency.
Beginning in 2007 Arumeru District has been administered by two district councils: Arusha District Council and Meru District Council. Arusha District Council administers three divisions, twenty wards, seventyfive villages, 294 hamlets and 64,339 households. Meru District Council administers three divisions, seventeen wards, seventyone villages and 281 subvillages.
The Arumeru District is administratively divided into thirty-seven wards:
The district economy is almost entirely agricultural consisting mostly of subsistence farming and livestock raising. Exports from the few large-scale commercial horticultural farms bring in most of the money in the district. In 2012, that economy in Arumeru District was threatened when, local landless residents forcibly occupied some of those commercial farms.
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