Magharibi District
{{Infobox settlement
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Zanzibar Urban/West Region
|population_as_of = 2012
|population_total = 370,645
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Zanzibar West District is one of the two 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, to the south by Kiwani Bay, and to the west by the Zanzibar Urban District.
{{As of|2002}} Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645{{Cite web|title=2002 Population and Housing Census: General Report: Urban West: West|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/west.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318024934/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/west.htm|archivedate=18 March 2004|url-status=dead}}National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (web).
Administrative subdivisions
=Constituencies=
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area for Zanzibar West District had nine of the nineteen constituencies in the region:{{Cite web|title=Organisations located in Zanzibar City - Tanzania |publisher=African Development Information |url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_2149.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904153954/http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_2149.html |archivedate=2012-09-04 }}
- Bububu Constituency
- Dimani Constituency
- Dole Constituency
- Fuoni Constituency
- Kiembesamaki Constituency
- Magogoni Constituency
- Mfenesini Constituency
- Mtoni Constituency
- Mwanakwerekwe Constituency
=Wards=
{{As of|2012}}, the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine wards:
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! align ="right"|Nr. | align ="left"|Ward (Shehia) | align="right"| Population 2012 | Parliamentary Constituency | Remarks |
align="right"|1 | Sharifu Msa | align="right"|4,975 | Bububu | |
align="right"|2 | Kibweni | align="right"|7,115 | Bububu | |
align="right"|3 | Mwanyanya | align="right"|9,683 | Bububu | |
align="right"|4 | Bububu | align="right"|15,666 | Bububu | |
align="right"|5 | Kihinani | align="right"|14,139 | Mfenesini | |
align="right"|6 | Chuini | align="right"|6,158 | Mfenesini | |
align="right"|7 | Kama | align="right"|2,921 | Mfenesini | |
align="right"|8 | Mfenesini | align="right"|2,803 | Mfenesini | |
align="right"|9 | Mwakaje | align="right"|2,907 | Mfenesini | |
align="right"|10 | Mbuzini | align="right"|5,856 | Mfenesini | "on the goat" |
align="right"|11 | Bumbwisudi | align="right"|2,269 | Dole | |
align="right"|12 | Kizimbani | align="right"|3,304 | Dole | |
align="right"|13 | Dole | align="right"|3,933 | Dole | |
align="right"|14 | Kianga | align="right"|9,908 | Dole | |
align="right"|15 | Mwera | align="right"|10,238 | Dole | |
align="right"|16 | Mtufaani | align="right"|9,123 | Dole | |
align="right"|17 | Mtoni | align="right"|6,571 | Mtoni | "in the river" |
align="right"|18 | Mtoni Kidatu | align="right"|16,612 | Mtoni | |
align="right"|19 | Mto Pepo | align="right"|16,440 | Mtoni | |
align="right"|20 | Welezo | align="right"|13,119 | Magogoni | |
align="right"|21 | Magogoni | align="right"|14,928 | Magogoni | |
align="right"|22 | Kinuni | align="right"|11,333 | Magogoni | |
align="right"|23 | Pangawe | align="right"|26,275 | Fuoni | |
align="right"|24 | Fuoni Kibondeni | align="right"|15,40 | Fuoni | |
align="right"|25 | Maungani | align="right"|4,048 | Fuoni | |
align="right"|26 | Fuoni Kijito Upele | align="right"|19,374 | Fuoni | |
align="right"|27 | Mwanakwerekwe | align="right"|20,215 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
align="right"|28 | Meli Nne | align="right"|16,984 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
align="right"|29 | Tomondo | align="right"|23,354 | Mwanakwerekwe | |
align="right"|30 | Mombasa | align="right"|14,492 | Dimani | |
align="right"|31 | Kisauni | align="right"|9,331 | Dimani | |
align="right"|32 | Shakani | align="right"|2,760 | Dimani | |
align="right"|33 | Nyamanzi | align="right"|1,287 | Dimani | |
align="right"|35 | Dimani | align="right"|2,052 | Dimani | |
align="right"|34 | Kombeni | align="right"|3,162 | Dimani | |
align="right"|36 | Bweleo | align="right"|971 | Dimani | |
align="right"|37 | Fumba | align="right"|981 | Dimani | |
align="right"|38 | Kiembesamaki | align="right"|11,760 | Kiembesamaki | |
align="right"|39 | Chukwani | align="right"|8,298 | Kiembesamaki | |
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| align="right"| Total | Zanzibar West | align="right"| 370,645 |
Notes
{{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Zanzibar West}}
Category:Districts of Mjini Magharibi Region
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