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.
Zanzibar West District | |
|---|---|
  Zanzibar West District Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Zanzibar Urban/West Region |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 370,645 |
As of 2002[update] Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645[1][2]
Administrative subdivisions
editConstituencies
editFor 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:[3]
- Bububu Constituency
- Dimani Constituency
- Dole Constituency
- Fuoni Constituency
- Kiembesamaki Constituency
- Magogoni Constituency
- Mfenesini Constituency
- Mtoni Constituency
- Mwanakwerekwe Constituency
Wards
editAs of 2012[update], the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine wards:[1]
| Nr. | Ward (Shehia) | Population 2012 |
Parliamentary Constituency |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharifu Msa | 4,975 | Bububu | |
| 2 | Kibweni | 7,115 | Bububu | |
| 3 | Mwanyanya | 9,683 | Bububu | |
| 4 | Bububu | 15,666 | Bububu | |
| 5 | Kihinani | 14,139 | Mfenesini | |
| 6 | Chuini | 6,158 | Mfenesini | |
| 7 | Kama | 2,921 | Mfenesini | |
| 8 | Mfenesini | 2,803 | Mfenesini | |
| 9 | Mwakaje | 2,907 | Mfenesini | |
| 10 | Mbuzini | 5,856 | Mfenesini | "on the goat" |
| 11 | Bumbwisudi | 2,269 | Dole | |
| 12 | Kizimbani | 3,304 | Dole | |
| 13 | Dole | 3,933 | Dole | |
| 14 | Kianga | 9,908 | Dole | |
| 15 | Mwera | 10,238 | Dole | |
| 16 | Mtufaani | 9,123 | Dole | |
| 17 | Mtoni | 6,571 | Mtoni | "in the river" |
| 18 | Mtoni Kidatu | 16,612 | Mtoni | |
| 19 | Mto Pepo | 16,440 | Mtoni | |
| 20 | Welezo | 13,119 | Magogoni | |
| 21 | Magogoni | 14,928 | Magogoni | |
| 22 | Kinuni | 11,333 | Magogoni | |
| 23 | Pangawe | 26,275 | Fuoni | |
| 24 | Fuoni Kibondeni | 15,40 | Fuoni | |
| 25 | Maungani | 4,048 | Fuoni | |
| 26 | Fuoni Kijito Upele | 19,374 | Fuoni | |
| 27 | Mwanakwerekwe | 20,215 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
| 28 | Meli Nne | 16,984 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
| 29 | Tomondo | 23,354 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
| 30 | Mombasa | 14,492 | Dimani | |
| 31 | Kisauni | 9,331 | Dimani | |
| 32 | Shakani | 2,760 | Dimani | |
| 33 | Nyamanzi | 1,287 | Dimani | |
| 35 | Dimani | 2,052 | Dimani | |
| 34 | Kombeni | 3,162 | Dimani | |
| 36 | Bweleo | 971 | Dimani | |
| 37 | Fumba | 981 | Dimani | |
| 38 | Kiembesamaki | 11,760 | Kiembesamaki | |
| 39 | Chukwani | 8,298 | Kiembesamaki | |
| Total | Zanzibar West | 370,645 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b "2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Urban West: West". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
- ^ National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (web).
- ^ "Organisations located in Zanzibar City - Tanzania". African Development Information. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
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