Magharibi District

Zanzibar West District
District
Zanzibar West District

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E / -6.167; 39.283Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E / -6.167; 39.283
Country Tanzania
Region Zanzibar Urban/West Region
Population (2002)
  Total 184,710

Zanzibar West District is one of the two districts of the Zanzibar Urban/West Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Zanzibar North Region, to the east by the Zanzibar Central/South Region, to the south by Kiwani Bay, and to the west by the Zanzibar Urban District.

As of 2002, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,710.[1]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area for Zanzibar West District had nine of the nineteen constituencies in the region:[2]

Wards

As of 2002, Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into twenty-nine wards:[1]

Nr. Ward (Shehia) population
2002
remarks
1 Mwera 6424
2Mtoni 9047 "in the river"
3Bububu 13127
4Chuini 3320
5Kama 1593
6Mfenesini 2015
7Mwakaje 1933
8Fuoni Kibondeni 7118
9Kianga 4176
10Dole 2496
11Kizimbani 2534
12Mbuzini 2435 "on the goat"
13Bumbwisudi 1492
14Maungani 2307
15Shakani 1310
16Kiembe Samaki 19835
17Chukwani 4134
18Fumba 909
19Bweleo 842
20Dimani 1560
21Kombeni 3060
22Mwanakwerekwe 21494
23Mto Pepo 10700
24Magogoni 13170
25Mtoni Kidatu 7407
26Mwanyanya 8674
27Fuoni Kijitoupele11480
28Tomondo 14001
29Welezo 6117
 Zanzibar West 184710  

Notes


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