Shaaban Robert home door, Duga Ward, Tanga Mjini

Tanga is one of eleven administrative districts of

Tanga Region Tanga Region (''Mkoa wa Tanga'' 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 Burundi. The regional capital is the mun ...

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 ...

. The District covers an area of . Tanga district is bordered to the north by

Mkinga District Mkinga is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It was created from Muheza District in 2007. The District covers an area of . The administrative capital of the district is located in a small town called Parungu Kasera. The dis ...

, to the east by the

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, to the south and west by

Muheza District Muheza is one of eleven administrative districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . It is bordered to the north by Mkinga District, to the east by Tanga and the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Pangani District and ...

. The district seat (capital) is the city of Tanga. The district is the administrative and economic center of Tanga Region. According to the 2012 census, the district has a total population of 273,332.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Tanga District was administratively divided into 24

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

Education & Health

As of February 2017, there were 124 Schools in Tanga district, 98 of are primary schools and 26 are secondary schools. In Terms of Healthcare facilities, as of 2021 Tanga district is home to 27 health centers.

References

{{Districts of Tanga Districts of Tanga Region