Magu District is one of the seven

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of the

Mwanza Region Mwanza Region (''Mkoa wa Mwanza'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia. Njombe Region is ...

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, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Magu on the

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. It is bordered to the north by

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and

Busega District Busega District is one of the five districts of Simiyu Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Nyashimo. It is bordered to the north by Lake Victoria and Bunda District, to the east by Bariadi District, and to ...

, to the east by

Bariadi District Bariadi District is one of the five districts of the Simiyu Region of Tanzania, East Africa. As of 2002, the population was 605,509. History Prior to 2012, Bariadi District was part of Shinyanga Region. Economy The Dutwa Ward contains one of ...

, to the south by

Itilima District Itilima District is one of the five districts of Simiyu Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its district capital is Lagangabilili. It is bordered to the north by Bariadi District, to the east by Ngorongoro District, to the south by Maswa Dis ...

Maswa District Maswa District is one of the five districts of the Simiyu Region of Tanzania Inhabited by Sukuma ( Nyantuzu People). It is bordered to the north by Magu District and Itilima District, to the east by the Meatu District, to the south by the Kishap ...

Kwimba District Kwimba District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Magu District, to the east by Maswa District and Kishapu District, to the south by Shinyanga Rural, Shinyanga ...

and

Misungwi District Misungwi District is one of the seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Nyamagana District and Magu District, to the east by Kwimba District, to the south by Shinyanga Rural, Shinyang ...

, and to the west by the city of

Mwanza Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,182,000 in 2021, it is Tanzania's second largest cit ...

, which consists of Nyamagana District and

Ilemela District Ilemela District is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania with a postcode number 33200. It is bordered to the north and west by Lake Victoria, to the east by Magu District, and to the south by Nyamagana District. Part o ...

. As of 2012, the population of Magu was 299,759. This is less than the district's population in 2002, when the number was 416,113, due to the fact that the district was split up in 2012 and about half of the original Magu district is now part of the new

, Simiyu Region.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Magu District had two constituencies: * Busega Constituency * Magu Constituency

Divisions

, Magu District was administratively divided into four divisions: * Itumbili * Kahangara * Ndagalu * Sanjo

Wards

As of 2002, Magu District was administratively divided into twenty-seven

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. As of 2012, it was divided into 18 wards having undergone considerable reorganisation.

2002 wards

The twenty-seven wards in 2002: * Badugu * Bujashi * Igalukilo *

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* Kahangara * Kalemela * Kiloleni *

Kisesa Kisesa is an administrative ward in the Magu District of the Mwanza 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 ...

* Kitongosima * Kongolo * Lubugu * Lutale * Magu Mjini * Malili * Mkula * Mwamabanza * Mwamanga * Mwamanyili * Ngasamo * Ng'haya * Nkungulu * Nyaluhande * Nyanguge * Nyigogo * Shigala * Shishani * Sukuma * Lugeye * Kitongo * Ngashe *

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2012 wards

* Bujashi * Bukandwe * Jinjimili * Kahangara * Kisesa * Kitongo Sim * Kongolo * Lubugu * Lutale * Magu Mjini (Magu town) * Mwamabanza * Mwamanga * Ng'haya * Nkungulu * Nyanguge * Nyigogo * Shishani * Sukuma

Notes

Districts of Mwanza Region {{MwanzaTZ-geo-stub