Uyui 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 ...

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. It is bordered to the north by Nzega District and Igunga District as well as by the

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 Reg ...

, to the south by

Sikonge District Sikonge District is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. The town of Sikonge is the administrative seat. The district has an area of , but of it is in forest and game reserves. It is bordered to the northwest by Urambo D ...

, to the west by

Urambo District Urambo is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Kaliua District, to the east by the Uyui District, to the southeast by the Sikonge District, and to the southwest by the Katavi Region. ...

and

Kaliua District Kaliua District is one of the seven districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Kahama and Ushetu Districts, to the east by Uyui District and Urambo District, to the south by Katavi Region and to the west by Uvinz ...

, and to the east by the

Singida Region Singida Region (''Mkoa wa Singida'' in Swahili) is one of the regions of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Singida. The region is bordered to the north by Shinyanga Region, Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the northeast b ...

Tabora Urban District Tabora Urban is one of the seven districts in the Tabora Region of Tanzania. This district is mostly the city of Tabora and its suburbs. It is bordered almost completely by the Uyui District. It has a small border with Nzega District to the nort ...

is an enclave within the Uyui District. Its administrative seat is the city of

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. ...

. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Uyui District was 281,101. The district includes the Mbola cluster of Millennium villages. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Uyui District was 396,623.

Transport

Unpaved Trunk road T18 from

Kigoma Kigoma is a city and lake port in Kigoma-Ujiji District in Tanzania, on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma R ...

and unpaved trunk road T8 from

Mbeya Mbeya is a city located in south west Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population is 620,000 according to the 2022 census. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region (population, with Mbeya, totals approx. 2 million). Mbeya is sit ...

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pass through the district. The Tanzanian Central Line train - from Dar es Salaam to

- passes through the district.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Uyui District was administratively divided into 24 wards.

Wards

* Bukumbi * Goweko * Ibelamilundi * Ibiri * Igalula * Ikongolo * Ilolanguru * Isikizya * Kigwa * Kizengi * Loya * Lutende * Mabama * Magiri * Miswaki * Miyenze * Ndono * Nsimbo * Nsololo * Shitage * Tura * Ufuluma * Upuge * Usagari

References

Districts of Tabora Region {{Tabora-geo-stub