Geita

Geita birni ne, kuma babban birnin yanki na yankin Geita a arewa maso yammacin Tanzaniya. An san birnin da cinikin zinare. Geita, yana da yawan jama'a 318,006 (ƙidayar 2022),tana tsakiyar yankin hakar zinare.

Tarihi
A ƙarshen ƙarni na sha tara, binciken ma'adanai da Jamusawa suka yi ya gano ma'adanai na zinariya a yankin. Sai dai, shirye-shiryen haƙar zinariya mai yawa ya lalace saboda Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya. An bai wa Birtaniya Tanzania, wacce ta kasance wani yanki na mulkin Jamus ta Gabashin Afirka, bayan Yarjejeniyar Versailles.

Birtaniya ta gina ma'adinan a shekara ta 1934, kuma ta fara haƙar zinariya mai yawa a shekara ta 1936. Har zuwa lokacin da aka rufe shi a 1966, Ma'adinan Geita shi ne ma'adinan zinariya mafi girma a Gabashin Afirka. Tsakanin 1936 zuwa 1961, shekarar da Tanzania ta sami 'yancin kai daga mulkin mallaka, an haramta haƙar ma'adanai ta hannun masu sana'a a yankin.

Geita ta sake samun ƙarin shahara a tsakiyar zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1990 lokacin da gwamnatin Tanzania ta buɗe fannin ma'adanai ga zuba jari na waje. Wasu manyan kamfanonin haƙar ma'adanai masu matsakaici zuwa manya, ciki har da Ashanti da Anglo-American, sun gudanar da bincike mai zurfi a yankunan da ke kewaye. Mafi mahimmancin sakamakon waɗannan ayyukan shi ne gina Ma'adinan Zinariya na Geita, wanda yanzu AngloGold Ashanti ke da shi. Ma'adinan Zinariya na Geita shi ne babban mai samar da zinariya a Tanzania.

Ci gaban gudun tsere na neman zinariya ya ci gaba da faruwa a yankunan da ke kewaye da Geita, musamman a ciki da kewayen Rwamagasa da Matabe. Wannan gudun tsere na neman zinariya ya ja hankalin dubban masu bincike daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Kasancewar su masu haƙar ma'adanai na rayuwa, ayyukansu ba su da ka'ida sosai, wanda ke haifar da ayyukan haƙar ma'adanai masu haɗari da lalacewar muhalli mai yawa, ciki har da ƙaruwar gurbatar mercury da saran daji mai yawa.

A cikin Maris 2012, ya zama hedkwatar gudanarwa ta sabuwar Yankin Geita da aka kirkira.

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