Kilosa District is one of the six

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of the

Morogoro Region Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Ireland. Morogoro Region is border ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. Its administrative seat is the town of

Kilosa Kilosa (Kilossa) is a city in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat for Kilosa District. , the population of the town was 26,060. Transport Kilosa is a station on Tanzania's east-west Central Line (Tanzania) ...

. Kilosa District covers . It is bordered to the north by the Manyara Region, to the northeast by the Tanga Region, to the east by

Mvomero District Mvomero is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Tanga Region, to the northeast by the Pwani Region, to the east and southeast by Morogoro Rural District and Morogoro Urban District and ...

, to the southeast by

Morogoro Rural District Morogoro Rural District ( sw, Wilaya ya Morogoro Vijijini) is one of the six districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Morogoro Rural District covers . It is bordered to the north and east by the Pwani Region, to the south by Kilombero Distric ...

, to the south by

Kilombero District Kilombero District is a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania. The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero River in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kil ...

, to the southwest by the Iringa Region and to the west by the Dodoma Region. Kilosa District is home to

Mikumi National Park Mikumi National Park is a national park near Morogoro, Tanzania with an area of that was established in 1964. It is the fourth largest in the country. The park is crossed by Tanzania's A-7 highway. Territory Mikumi National Park borders Sel ...

. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Kilosa District was 489,513.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2015 elections Kilosa District had two constituencies: # Kilosa Constituency # Mikumi Constituency

Divisions

, Kilosa District was administratively divided into nine divisions.

1997 divisions

The nine 1997 divisions were: # Gairo Division, the northernmost part of Kilosa District, # Kilosa Division, # Kilosa Mijni (municipality) # Kimamba Division, # Magole Division, # Masanze Division, # Mikumi Division, # Rudewa Division, # Ulaya Division, the central part of southern Kilosa District.

Wards

, Kilosa District was administratively divided into forty- six

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

: In 2012 the following eight wards became part of the newly created

Gairo District Gairo District is one of the seven districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. It is located in the northwest corner of Morogoro Region. The administrative seat is in the town of Gairo. History Gairo District was formally established when it ...

: * Gairo * Mandege *

Rubeho Rubeho is a town, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and ward in Gairo District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. As of 2002, the population of the ward was 17,020. Prior to 2012, Rubeho was administered by Kilo ...

Chagongwe Chagongwe is a town and administrative ward in Gairo District in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. As of 2002, the population of the ward was 7,337. There is a government-run dispensary A dispensary is an office in a school, hos ...

* Chanjale * Kibedya * Chakwale * Iyogwe The thirty-eight wards remaining in Kilosa district from 2012: * Berega * Chanzuru * Dumila * Kasiki * Kidete * Kidodi * Kilangali * Kimamba 'A' * Kimamba 'B' * Kisanga * Lumbiji * Luhembe *

Lumuma Lumuma is an administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Gre ...

* Mabwerebwere * Magole * Magomeni * Magubike * Malolo (Tanzania) * Mamboya * Masanze * Mbumi * Mikumi * Mkwatani * Msowero * Rudewa * Ulaya * Uleling'ombe * Vidunda *

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* Mamoyo

Transport

The town of Kilosa has a

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

on the Central Line of

Tanzanian Railways The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) is a state-owned enterprise that runs one of Tanzania's two main railway networks. When the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation was dissolved in 1977 and its assets divided between Kenya, Tanza ...

. It is also a junction for a branch railway to the break-of-gauge transshipment station at

Kidatu Kidatu is a town in central Tanzania, located in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region. The local population is about 3,300. The primary economic activity is the large Illovo sugar cane plantation and factory which produces of sugar per year. Ge ...

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{{Authority control Districts of Morogoro Region