Magu District

Magu District
District
Map of Mwanza's Districts (pre-2012)
Coordinates: 02°30′S 033°30′E / 2.500°S 33.500°E / -2.500; 33.500Coordinates: 02°30′S 033°30′E / 2.500°S 33.500°E / -2.500; 33.500
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mwanza Region
UFI	-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, to the south by Kwimba District, Misungwi District and the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Shinyanga Region, and to the west by the city of Mwanza.

As of 2002, the population of Magu was 416,113.^[2]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Magu District had two constituencies:^[3]

• Busega Constituency
• Magu Constituency

Divisions

As of 1997, Magu District was administratively divided into six divisions: Kivukoni, Busega, Itumbili, Sanjo and two others.^[4] It has been reorganised since.

Wards

As of 2002, Magu District was administratively divided into twenty-seven wards.^[2] As of 2012, it was divided into sixteen wards having undergone considerable reorganisation.^[5]

2002 wards

The twenty-seven wards in 2002:

2012 wards

Notes