Zanzibar West District is one of the two

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the Zanzibar Urban/West 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 Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. 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. Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645

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: * Bububu Constituency * Dimani Constituency * Dole Constituency * Fuoni Constituency * Kiembesamaki Constituency * Magogoni Constituency * Mfenesini Constituency * Mtoni Constituency * Mwanakwerekwe Constituency

Wards

, the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine

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 ...

Notes

Districts of Mjini Magharibi Region {{Zanzibar-geo-stub