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Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E / 6.167°S 39.283°E / -6.167; 39.283
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Zanzibar West 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
CountryTanzania
RegionZanzibar 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 6 424
2 Mtoni 9 047 "in the river"
3 Bububu 13 127
4 Chuini 3 320
5 Kama 1 593
6 Mfenesini 2 015
7 Mwakaje 1 933
8 Fuoni Kibondeni 7 118
9 Kianga 4 176
10 Dole 2 496
11 Kizimbani 2 534
12 Mbuzini 2 435 "on the goat"
13 Bumbwisudi 1 492
14 Maungani 2 307
15 Shakani 1 310
16 Kiembe Samaki 19 835
17 Chukwani 4 134
18 Fumba 909
19 Bweleo 842
20 Dimani 1 560
21 Kombeni 3 060
22 Mwanakwerekwe 21 494
23 Mto Pepo 10 700
24 Magogoni 13 170
25 Mtoni Kidatu 7 407
26 Mwanyanya 8 674
27 Fuoni Kijitoupele 11 480
28 Tomondo 14 001
29 Welezo 6 117
  Zanzibar West 184 710  

Notes

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.