Masasi is one of the six districts of the

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. It is bordered to the north by the

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, to the east by the Newala District, to the south by the

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and

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and to the west by

Nanyumbu District Nanyumbu District is in the west of Mtwara Region in southern Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya ...

. According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Masasi District was 314,778 and in Masasi town the population was 137,585.

Council

Masasi District Council is among seven councils comprising Mtwara Region. The district shares a border with Nachingwea and Ruangwa Districts to the North, Lindi and Newala Districts to the east, Ruvuma River to the south and Nanyumbu district to the West. The council's headquarters is situated 210 kilometers west of Mtwara Municipality which is the regional headquarters. The Masasi district council is also surrounding a new Masasi town council which started its operations in July 2012. The council has five administrative divisions, 34 wards, 166 villages and 864 hamlets. It has a total area of , and the physical size is 20.8% of the whole region. Administratively Masasi is divided into two constituencies, Masasi and Lulindi. The council has a total of 46 councilors. According to the National Population Census 2002, the district had a total population of 307,211 with an annual growth rate of 2.1 percent before the split of the councils. Currently, the population is 260,856 as per National Population Census 2012; 125,151 are male and 135,705 are female. Masasi District Council is a council established under Section 5 of the Local Government (Urban/District Authorities) Act, 1982 under the ministerial establishment order No dated 1 January 1984 and Certification of Establishment No. 17420/12-83 issued by Clerk of the National Assembly on 31 December 1983.

Subdivisions

The Masasi District is, as at 2023, administratively divided into 5 divisions and 34 wards:

Divisions

# Chiungutwa # Chikundi # Lisekese B # Lulindi # Mchauru

Other Wards

# Chigugu # Chikoropola # Chikukwe # Chikunja # Chiwale # Chiwata # Lipumburu # Lukuledi # Lupaso # Makong'onda # Mbuyuni # Mijelejele # Mitesi # Mkululu # Mlingula # Mnavira # Mpanyani # Mpeta # Mpindimbi # Msikisi # Mwena # Namajani # Namalenga # Namatutwe # Namwanga # Nanganga # Nanjota # Ndanda # Sindano

References

{{Authority control Districts of Mtwara Region