Mafia is one of the 6 districts of the

Pwani Region Pwani Region (''Mkoa wa Pwani'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The word "''Pwani''" in Swahili means the "''coast''". The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. The Region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Mor ...

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 ...

. It covers

Mafia Island Mafia Island (Kisiwa cha Mafia) is an island and district of Pwani Region, Tanzania. The island is the third largest in Tanzanian ocean territory, but is not administratively included within the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, which has been ...

and its associated archipelago. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the District was 46,438, with an adult literacy rate of 77.3%, primarily only in Swahili. In 2012, unemployment in Mafia District was 1.5%. In addition to Mafia Island, islands within Mafia District include: Juani, Chole, Jibondo (Kibondo), Bwejuu (with Mafia Island Marine Park), Thanda, Boydu, and Niororo (Nyororo).

Wards

The Mafia District is administratively divided into eight wards, and twenty villages. Prior to 2010, Mafia District had seven wards, when Ndagoni Ward was created from the western part of Baleni Ward.
The wards listed with area and population:

Notes and references

{{coord, 7.8500, S, 39.7833, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:TZ, display=title Districts of Pwani Region