Mkuranga is one of the six districts of
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 ...
in
Tanzania
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. It is bordered to the north by
Dar es Salaam
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, to the east by the
Indian Ocean
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, to the south by
Rufiji District
Rufiji is one of the six districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Kisarawe and Mkuranga Districts, to the east by the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Kilwa District, Lindi Region and to the west by the Morog ...
, and to the west by
Kisarawe District.The district is the historical homeland of the
Ndengereko and
Zaramo people.
In 2016 the
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report the population of Mkuranga District were 243,062 people in the district, from 222,921 in 2012.
Wards
Mkuranga is administratively divided into 18 wards:
* Bupu
* Kimanzichana
* Kisiju
* Kitomondo
* Lukanga
* Magawa
* Mbezi
* Mkamba
* Mkuranga
* Mwalusembe
* Nyamato
* Panzuo
* Shungubweni
* Tambani
* Vikindu
* Kiparang'anda
* Njianne
* Vianzi
References
Sources
Mkuranga District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census
Districts of Pwani Region
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