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.
Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (web).
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: Bububu Constituency Dimani Constituency Dole Constituency Fuoni Constituency Kiembesamaki Constituency Magogoni Constituency Mfenesini Constituency Mtoni Constituency Mwanakwerekwe Constituency
Wards , the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine wards:
Nr. Ward (Shehia) Population2002 Parliamentary Constituency Remarks1Sharifu Msa 4,975 Bububu 2Kibweni 7,115 Bububu 3Mwanyanya 9,683 Bububu 4Bububu 15,666 Bububu 5Kihinani 14,139 Mfenesini 6Chuini 6,158 Mfenesini 7Kama 2,921 Mfenesini 8Mfenesini 2,803 Mfenesini 9Mwakaje 2,907 Mfenesini 10Mbuzini 5,856 Mfenesini "on the goat"11Bumbwisudi 2,269 Dole 12Kizimbani 3,304 Dole 13Dole 3,933 Dole 14Kianga 9,908 Dole 15 Mwera 10,238 Dole 16Mtufaani9,123 Dole 17Mtoni 6,571 Mtoni "in the river"18Mtoni Kidatu 16,612 Mtoni 19Mto Pepo 16,440 Mtoni 20Welezo 13,119 Magogoni 21Magogoni 14,928 Magogoni 22Kinuni 11,333 Magogoni 23Pangawe 26,275 Fuoni 24Fuoni Kibondeni 15,40 Fuoni 25Maungani 4,048 Fuoni 26Fuoni Kijito Upele19,374 Fuoni 27Mwanakwerekwe 20,215 Mwanakwerekwe 28Meli Nne 16,984 Mwanakwerekwe 29Tomondo 23,354 Mwanakwerekwe 30Mombasa 14,492 Dimani 31Kisauni 9,331 Dimani 32Shakani 2,760 Dimani 33Nyamanzi 1,287 Dimani 35Dimani 2,052 Dimani 34Kombeni 3,162 Dimani 36Bweleo 971 Dimani 37Fumba 981 Dimani 38Kiembesamaki 11,760 Kiembesamaki 39Chukwani 8,298 Kiembesamaki TotalZanzibar West 370,645
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