Magu District[1] is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Magu on the Simiyu River. It is bordered to the north by Lake Victoria and Busega District, to the east by Bariadi District, to the south by Itilima District, Maswa District, Kwimba District and Misungwi District, and to the west by the city of Mwanza, which consists of Nyamagana District and Ilemela District.
Magu District | |
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 Magu District of Mwanza Region | |
| Coordinates: 02°35′S 033°26′E / 2.583°S 33.433°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Mwanza Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,517 km2 (586 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 421,119 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| UFI | -2567436 |
As of 2022, the population of Magu was 421,119.[2][3] This is not much more than the district's population in 2002, when the number was 416,113,[4] due to the fact that the district was split up in 2012 and about half of the original Magu district is now part of the new Busega District, Simiyu Region.[5]
Administrative subdivisions edit
Constituencies edit
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Magu District had two constituencies:[6]
- Busega Constituency
- Magu Constituency
Divisions edit
As of 2012[update], Magu District was administratively divided into four divisions:[3]
- Itumbili
- Kahangara
- Ndagalu
- Sanjo
Wards edit
As of 2002, Magu District was administratively divided into twenty-seven wards.[4] As of 2012, it was divided into 18 wards having undergone considerable reorganisation.[7]
2002 wards edit
The twenty-seven wards in 2002:
2012 wards edit
- Bujashi
- Bukandwe
- Jinjimili
- Kahangara
- Kisesa
- Kitongo Sim
- Kongolo
- Lubugu
- Lutale
- Magu Mjini (Magu town)
- Mwamabanza
- Mwamanga
- Ng'haya
- Nkungulu
- Nyanguge
- Nyigogo
- Shishani
- Sukuma
Notes edit
- ^ Magu District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ a b "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b "2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Mwanza: Magu". Archived from the original on 18 March 2004.
- ^ "Tanzania: New Regions, Districts Will Facilitate Service Provision". All Africa. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Organisations located in Magu District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
- ^ "Postcodes Mwanza Region 33000" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
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Wards of Magu District - Mwanza Region - Tanzania |
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Bujashi | Bukwe | Jinjimili | Kahangara | Kisesa | Kitongo Sima | Kongolo | Lubugu | Lutale | Magu Mjini | Mwamabanza | Mwamanga | Ng'haya | Nkungulu | Nyanguge | Nyigogo | Shishani | Sukuma | ||
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