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 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

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[1][2]

Administrative subdivisions

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Constituencies

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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:[3]

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

Wards

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As of 2012, 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

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  1. ^ a b "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.