Magu District Explained
Magu District |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates Source: | GNS-enwiki |
Coordinates: | -2.5833°N 59°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mwanza Region |
Area Total Km2: | 1,517 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 421,119 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name: | UFI |
Blank Info: | -2567436 |
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.
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
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Magu District had two constituencies:[6]
- Busega Constituency
- Magu Constituency
Divisions
, Magu District was administratively divided into four divisions:
- Itumbili
- Kahangara
- Ndagalu
- Sanjo
Wards
As of 2002, Magu District was administratively divided into twenty-seven wards. As of 2012, it was divided into 18 wards having undergone considerable reorganisation.[7]
2002 wards
The twenty-seven wards in 2002:
- Badugu
- Bujashi
- Igalukilo
- Kabita
- Kahangara
- Kalemela
- Kiloleni
- Kisesa
- Kitongosima
- Kongolo
- Lubugu
- Lutale
- Magu Mjini
- Malili
- Mkula
- Mwamabanza
- Mwamanga
- Mwamanyili
- Ngasamo
- Ng'haya
- Nkungulu
- Nyaluhande
- Nyanguge
- Nyigogo
- Shigala
- Shishani
- Sukuma
- Lugeye
- Kitongo
- Ngashe
- Ilungu
2012 wards
- Bujashi
- Bukandwe
- Jinjimili
- Kahangara
- Kisesa
- Kitongo Sim
- Kongolo
- Lubugu
- Lutale
- Magu Mjini (Magu town)
- Mwamabanza
- Mwamanga
- Ng'haya
- Nkungulu
- Nyanguge
- Nyigogo
- Shishani
- Sukuma
Notes and References
- , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Web site: Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . 2024-02-11 . www.citypopulation.de.
- Web site: Census 2012 . National Bureau of Statistics . 9 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome . 5 March 2016 .
- Web site: 2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Mwanza: Magu. https://web.archive.org/web/20040318054120/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/magu.htm. 18 March 2004. dead.
- Web site: Tanzania: New Regions, Districts Will Facilitate Service Provision. All Africa. 1 December 2015.
- Web site: Organisations located in Magu District - Tanzania. African Development Information.
- Web site: Postcodes Mwanza Region 33000. 2012. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). 2012-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120903075508/http://www.tcra.go.tz/publications/postcode/mwanza.pdf. 2012-09-03. dead.