Magharibi District

Zanzibar West District
District
Zanzibar West District is located in Tanzania
Zanzibar West District
Zanzibar West District
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E / -6.167; 39.283
Country Tanzania
RegionZanzibar Urban/West Region
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
370,645

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 Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645

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:

Wards

As of 2002, the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine wards:

Nr.Ward (Shehia)Population
2002		Parliamentary
Constituency		Remarks
1Sharifu Msa4,975Bububu
2Kibweni7,115Bububu
3Mwanyanya9,683Bububu
4Bububu15,666Bububu
5Kihinani14,139Mfenesini
6Chuini6,158Mfenesini
7Kama2,921Mfenesini
8Mfenesini2,803Mfenesini
9Mwakaje2,907Mfenesini
10Mbuzini5,856Mfenesini"on the goat"
11Bumbwisudi2,269Dole
12Kizimbani3,304Dole
13Dole3,933Dole
14Kianga9,908Dole
15Mwera10,238Dole
16Mtufaani9,123Dole
17Mtoni6,571Mtoni"in the river"
18Mtoni Kidatu16,612Mtoni
19Mto Pepo16,440Mtoni
20Welezo13,119Magogoni
21Magogoni14,928Magogoni
22Kinuni11,333Magogoni
23Pangawe26,275Fuoni
24Fuoni Kibondeni15,40Fuoni
25Maungani4,048Fuoni
26Fuoni Kijito Upele19,374Fuoni
27Mwanakwerekwe20,215Mwanakwerekwe
28Meli Nne16,984Mwanakwerekwe
29Tomondo23,354Mwanakwerekwe
30Mombasa14,492Dimani
31Kisauni9,331Dimani
32Shakani2,760Dimani
33Nyamanzi1,287Dimani
35Dimani2,052Dimani
34Kombeni3,162Dimani
36Bweleo971Dimani
37Fumba981Dimani
38Kiembesamaki11,760Kiembesamaki
39Chukwani8,298Kiembesamaki
TotalZanzibar West370,645 

Notes

  1. 1 2 "2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Urban West: West". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
  2. ↑ National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (web).
  3. ↑ "Organisations located in Zanzibar City - Tanzania". African Development Information. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.