Kigoma-Ujiji District is one of the eight administrative districts of

Kigoma Region Kigoma Region (''Mkoa wa Kigoma'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Kigoma. Kigoma Region borders Kagera Region, Geita Region, Katavi Region, Tabora Region, DRC and Burundi Accordin ...

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. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the west by Uvinza District in the south east and to the north by

Kigoma District Kigoma District is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The district lies north of the city of Kigoma-Ujiji. Uvinza District, to the west and south of Ujiji, was split off from the Kigoma District in 1 July, ...

. The western shore of

lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

surrounds the district on the west. According to the 2012 census, the district has a total population of 215,458.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Kigoma-Ujiji District was administratively divided into 19 wards.

Wards

* Bangwe * Buhanda * Businde * Buzebazeba *

Gungu Gungu is a town in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the capital of Gungu Territory as well as Gungu Sector. The town lies west of the Kwilu River and is situated between the streams Lukunia in the south-east and Kite ...

* Kagera * Kasimbu * Kasingirima * Katubuka *

Kibirizi Kibirizi is an administrative ward in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of , and has an average elevation of . In 2016 the National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania), Tanzania National Bureau of Statistic ...

Kigoma Kigoma is a city and lake port in Kigoma-Ujiji District in Tanzania, on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma R ...

* Kipampa * Kitongoni * Machinjioni * Majengo * Mwanga Kaskazini * Mwanga Kusini * Rubuga * Rusimbi

References

Districts of Kigoma Region {{Kigoma-geo-stub