Zanzibar West is one of the 2 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 and to the West by the Zanzibar Urban District.
According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,710.[1]
The Zanzibar West District is administratively divided into 29 wards:
| Nr. | Ward (Shehia) | population 2002 |
remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mwera | 6424 | |
| 2 | Mtoni | 9047 | "in the river" |
| 3 | Bububu | 13127 | |
| 4 | Chuini | 3320 | |
| 5 | Kama | 1593 | |
| 6 | Mfenesini | 2015 | |
| 7 | Mwakaje | 1933 | |
| 8 | Fuoni Kibondeni | 7118 | |
| 9 | Kianga | 4176 | |
| 10 | Dole | 2496 | |
| 11 | Kizimbani | 2534 | |
| 12 | Mbuzini | 2435 | "on the goat" |
| 13 | Bumbwisudi | 1492 | |
| 14 | Maungani | 2307 | |
| 15 | Shakani | 1310 | |
| 16 | Kiembe Samaki | 19835 | |
| 17 | Chukwani | 4134 | |
| 18 | Fumba | 909 | |
| 19 | Bweleo | 842 | |
| 20 | Dimani | 1560 | |
| 21 | Kombeni | 3060 | |
| 22 | Mwanakwerekwe | 21494 | |
| 23 | Mto Pepo | 10700 | |
| 24 | Magogoni | 13170 | |
| 25 | Mtoni Kidatu | 7407 | |
| 26 | Mwanyanya | 8674 | |
| 27 | Fuoni Kijitoupele | 11480 | |
| 28 | Tomondo | 14001 | |
| 29 | Welezo | 6117 | |
| Zanzibar West | 184710 |
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