[3] A native tribe of Wanyiramba has been living in Kinyangiri and its surroundings long before the arrival of Germans in the 1890s who settled and established an administration in the village.

During the colonial era, Kinyangiri village saw a number of new buildings and infrastructure built under the rule of the Germans, these include the rest house, primary school, court house, storage facilities, water wells and contour banks to prevent soil erosion.

Later, Arabs arrived mainly from Zanzibar and Oman as businessmen, they built retails shops and traded with the local people.

Rural Energy Agency (REA) of Tanzania is the government agent that supplies electricity at subsidized cost.

A paved trunk road from Singida Region runs 40 km to Iguguno which has hourly mini-buses.

Mahakama which translates to court house and food storage facility are the oldest buildings in the village dating back to the 1890s.