Kigoma 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 According ...

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. The district lies north of the city of Kigoma-Ujiji.

Uvinza District Uvinza is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. Uvinza is bordered to the northwest by Kigoma District and Kigoma-Ujiji District. North of the district is bordered by Kasulu District . Lake Tanganyika borders ...

, to the west and south of Ujiji, was split off from the Kigoma District in 1 July, 2013.

Geography

The District covers an area of , which is about 20.8% of the region's total area. It is bordered to the west by

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. The district is bordered by Buhigwe District and

Kasulu District Kasulu District is one of the 8 districts of Kigoma Region, Tanzania. The Kasulu District is the rural district council to the Kasulu Town Council which separated from the Kasulu District Council in 2011. It is bordered to the north by Bur ...

to the east;

Kigoma-Ujiji District Kigoma-Ujiji District is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. 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. The western ...

and

to the south.

Demographics

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 267,712 people in the district, from 211,566 in 2012. The district is of the tribes of

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, Wabembe, Wabwari, and Watongwe. Waha are the largest tribe, making up 95% of the people.

Administrative subdivisions

Kigoma District was administratively divided into 16

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, 46 villages, and 212 hamlets.

Wards

* Bitale (22,482) *

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(10,252) * Kagunga (18,681) * Kalinzi (30,188) * Kidahwe (10,414) * Mahembe (14,435) * Matendo (14,306) * Mkigo (7,478) * Mkongoro (20,535) * Mungonya (13,917) * Mwamgongo (17,234) * Mwandiga (20,810) * Nkungwe (10,621) * Nyarubanda (10,411) *

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(34,838) * Ziwani (11,110)

References

Districts of Kigoma Region {{Kigoma-geo-stub