Misungwi District

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Misungwi District, Tanzania is located in the Mwanza Region on the shores of Lake Victoria. According to the 2002 Tanzanian National Census, the population is 256,133 with 20,604 of those residents living in an urban area (Misungwi town). Misungwi is often spelled with an extra 's' to make it Missungwi. [1]

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Misungwi is administratively subdivided into 4 divisions, 20 wards, and 78 villages. It is bordered to the west by Mwanza city, Kwimba District to the East, Magu District to the North, Shinyanga Region to the South, and to the Southwest by the Geita and Sengerema districts. The following are a list of Misungwi's wards:

  • Buhingo
  • Bulemeji
  • Busongo
  • Idetemya
  • Igokelo
  • Ilujamate
  • Kanyelele
  • Kasololo
  • Kijima
  • Koromije
  • Luburi
  • Mbarika
  • Misasi
  • Misungwi
  • Mwaniko
  • Nhundulu
  • Shilalo
  • Sumbugu
  • Ukiriguru
  • Usagara

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