Wete District

Wete District
District
Wete District

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 05°05′S 039°45′E / 5.083°S 39.750°E / -5.083; 39.750Coordinates: 05°05′S 039°45′E / 5.083°S 39.750°E / -5.083; 39.750
Country Tanzania
Region North Pemba Region
Population (2002)
  Total 102,482

Wete District[1] is one of the two districts in the North Pemba Region of Tanzania. The administrative seat is the town of Wete. As of 2002, Wete District had a population of 102,482.[2]

Geography

Wete District is on Pemba Island and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. The islands themselves are composed of sedimentary rocks deposited during the Neogene and Quaternary consisting of mostly limestones and sandstones with marls and some shale, as well as unconsolidated sands and clays. The sediments are nearly flat laying producing a gently undulating and rolling plain.

Islets

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Wete District had five constituencies:[3]

Wards

Wete District is administratively divided into seventeen wards:[4]

  • Bopwe
  • Fundo
  • Gando
  • Jadida
  • Kangagani
  • Kipangani
  • Kisiwani
  • Kizimbani
  • Kojani

  • Limbani
  • Mchanga Mdogo
  • Mtambwe
  • Ole
  • Pandani
  • Selemu
  • Shengejuu
  • Utaani

Notes

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