Nzega District is one of the seven districts of the

Tabora Region Tabora Region (''Mkoa wa Tabora'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Tabora. The region is located in mid-western part of Tanzania. Tabora is bordered by Shinyanga to the no ...

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

Shinyanga Region __NOTOC__ Shinyanga Region (''Mkoa wa Shinyanga'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Shinyanga. The region is bordered to the north by the Mwanza, Mara, and Kagera Regio ...

, to the south and southwest by

Uyui District Uyui District is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Nzega District and Igunga District as well as by the Shinyanga Region, to the south by Sikonge District, to the west by Urambo Distri ...

and to the east by Igunga District. Its administrative seat is the town of Nzega. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Nzega District was 417,097. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Nzega District was 502,252.

Transport

Paved Trunk road T3 from

Morogoro Morogoro is a city in the eastern part of Tanzania west of Dar es Salaam. Morogoro is the capital of the Morogoro Region. It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari" which translates to “city short of an ocean/port." The Belgian based ...

to the

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

border and T8 from

Tabora Tabora is the capital of Tanzania's Tabora Region and is classified as a municipality by the Tanzanian government. It is also the administrative seat of Tabora Urban District. According to the 2012 census, the district had a population of 226,999. ...

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 c ...

pass through the district. These roads meet in Nzega town. The Tanzanian Central Line train - from

- passes through the district from south to north. A train station is located in Bukene.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Nzega District was administratively divided into 37

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 ...

Wards

* Budushi * Bukene * Igusule * Ijanija * Ikindwa * Isagenhe * Isanzu * Itilo * Itobo * Kahamanhalanga * Karitu * Kasela * Lusu * Magengati * Mambali * Mbogwe * Miguwa * Milambo Itobo * Mizibaziba * Mogwa * Muhugi * Mwakashanhala * Mwamala * Mwangoye * Nata * Ndala * Nkiniziwa * Nzega Mjini * Nzegandogo * Puge * Semembela * Shigamba * Sigili * Tongi * Uduka * Utwigu * Wela

Sources

Nzega District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census

References

{{Coord, 4, 20, S, 33, 05, E, display=title, region:TZ_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki Districts of Tabora Region