| Missenyi District | |
| Native Name: | Wilaya ya Missenyi |
| Native Name Lang: | sw |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Coordinates: | -1.1322°N 31.4381°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kagera Region |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2007 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2,825 |
| Elevation M: | 1200 |
| Government Type: | Council |
| Governing Body: | Missenyi District Council |
| Leader Title2: | Chairman of Council |
| Leader Name2: | Projestus Tegamaisho |
| Leader Title: | District Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Wilson Christian Sakulo |
| Leader Title1: | District Secretary |
| Leader Name1: | Abdallah R. Mayomba |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 245,394 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Website: | http://www.missenyidc.go.tz/ |
Missenyi District is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. The district was created in 2007 out of Bukoba District. It is bordered to the north by Uganda, to the east by Bukoba Rural District, to the south by Karagwe District and to the west by Kyerwa District.[1] [2]
According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Missenyi District was 202,632, with a population density of .[3] By 2022, the population had grown to 245,394.[4]
As of 2012, Missenyi District was administratively divided into 20 wards with 77 villages.[5]
Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Missenyi District. Unpaved trunk road T38 to Ngara District, through Karagwe District, branches off from T4 in the village of Kyaka.[6]