[TZGISUG] Sensor (Census)

Mike Shand Mike.Shand at glasgow.ac.uk
Fri Feb 1 13:03:54 EAT 2013


The _preliminary_ results of the Tanzania 2012 National Census were 
released in January 2013, see official Press Release below:

"The preliminary results of the national Census that took place in 
October 2012 has been released. The official population of Tanzania is 
now 44,929,002 people. Out of these, 43,625,434 and 1,303,568 people 
reside in Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar respectively.*
**The analysis of the census data is still ongoing, with further reports 
expected in February and April, 2013. The final report will come out in 
June 2013.*
This is a fifth Census to be conducted in Tanzania. Previous census with 
the population numbers are as follows: 1967 (12,313,469); 1978 
(17,512,610); 1988 (23,095,885); 2002 (34,443,603)".

Previous census data has been put online at the NBS website: 
http://nbs.go.tz/tnada/index.php/catalog
Census 2002 can be downloaded at Ward level from: ILRI 
(http://192.156.137.110/gis/) click on Search 
<http://192.156.137.110/gis/search.asp?opCountry=LIKE&tbCountry=Tanzania&opTheme=LIKE&tbtheme=&opBoolean=AND&display=Brief&submit1=Submit>
Census 2002 can be downloaded at Village (Street) level from: 
Openmicrodata 
<http://openmicrodata.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/tanzania-shapefiles-for-eas-villages-districts-and-regions/> 
note- the EA file are the same data as the Village (73Mb zipped)

We all eagerly await the release of the 2012 census data and its 
associated GIS shapefiles.

Regards,
Mike
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