Magharibi District

Zanzibar West District
District
Zanzibar West District Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°ECoordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E
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]

• Bububu Constituency
• Dimani Constituency
• Dole Constituency
• Fuoni Constituency
• Kiembesamaki Constituency
• Magogoni Constituency
• Mfenesini Constituency
• Mtoni Constituency
• Mwanakwerekwe Constituency

Wards

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

Nr.	Ward (Shehia)	population 2002	remarks
1	Mwera	6424
2	Mtoni	9047	"in the river"
3	Bububu	13127
4	Chuini	3320
5	Kama	1593
6	Mfenesini	2015
7	Mwakaje	1933
8	Fuoni Kibondeni	7118
9	Kianga	4176
10	Dole	2496
11	Kizimbani	2534
12	Mbuzini	2435	"on the goat"
13	Bumbwisudi	1492
14	Maungani	2307
15	Shakani	1310
16	Kiembe Samaki	19835
17	Chukwani	4134
18	Fumba	909
19	Bweleo	842
20	Dimani	1560
21	Kombeni	3060
22	Mwanakwerekwe	21494
23	Mto Pepo	10700
24	Magogoni	13170
25	Mtoni Kidatu	7407
26	Mwanyanya	8674
27	Fuoni Kijitoupele	11480
28	Tomondo	14001
29	Welezo	6117
	Zanzibar West	184710

Notes

1. "2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Urban West: West". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
2. "Organisations located in Zanzibar City - Tanzania". African Development Information.