Magharibi District

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
District
Zanzibar West District Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 06°10′S 039°17′E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Zanzibar Urban/West Region
Population  (2002)
• Total	184,710

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. "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.