Sengerema District is one of seven
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 ...
in 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 i ...
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 ...
, East Africa. Its administrative headquarter is located in
Sengerema
Sengerema is a town in Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat of Sengerema District, one of the districts of Mwanza Region.
Sengerema District Hospital was founded in 1959 and it is located within Sengerema town ...
town. It is bordered to the north and east by
Lake Victoria, to the south by
Geita Region
Geita Region (''Mkoa wa Geita'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Slovenia. for Slovenia at Geita Regio ...
and to the southeast by the
Misungwi District
Misungwi District is one of the seven 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 District and to the west by N ...
. Sengerema district is known for having numerous lake islands in its territory the largest are
Maisome Island and
Kome Island.
Demographics
In 2016 the
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 377,649 people in the district, from 663,034 in 2012.
Administrative subdivisions
Sengerema District is divided into 3 divisions, 26
wards, 71 villages and 421 hamlets (vitongoji).
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Sengerema District had two constituencies:
* Buchosa Constituency
* Sengerema Constituency
Wards
Ward (2016 Population)
* Bitoto (5,904)
*
Busisi (8,281)
* Buyagu (11,537)
* Buzilasoga (15,035)
* Chifunfu (26,337)
* Ibisabageni (14,932)
* Ibondo (1,691)
* Igalula (21,234)
* Igulumuki (10,096)
* Kagunga (22,322)
* Kahumulo (10,686)
* Kasenyi (17,562)
* Kasungamile (17,571)
*
Katunguru (22,848)
* Kishinda (13,902)
* Mission (9,909)
* Mwabaluhi (12,215)
* Ngoma (11,070)
* Nyamatongo (19,013)
* Nyamazugo (11,381)
* Nyamizeze (7,039)
* Nyampande (10,781)
* Nyampulukano (25,175)
* Nyatukala (22,715)
* Sima (17,434)
* Tabaruka (10,979)
References
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Districts of Mwanza Region