Maswa District is one of the five districts of the

Simiyu Region Simiyu Region (''Mkoa wa Simiyu'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation stat ...

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 to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

Inhabited by Sukuma people. It is bordered to the north by

Magu District Magu District is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Magu on the Simiyu River. It is bordered to the north by Lake Victoria and Busega District, to the east by Bari ...

and Itilima District, to the east by the Meatu District, to the south by the

Kishapu District Kishapu District is one of the three districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Maswa District, to the south by the Tabora Region, to the east by the Meatu District and to the west by the Shinyanga Rural a ...

, and to the west by the Kwimba District. Its administrative centre is the town of

Maswa Maswa is a town in Simiyu Region of Tanzania. It is the administrative seat of Maswa District. And the Original Inhabited people are Sukama ( Nyantuzu). According to the 2012 census, the population of Maswa town - consisting of Binza and Nyaliku ...

. According to the 2002 Tanzanian National Census, the population of Maswa District is 304,402. According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the population of Maswa District was 427,864

Transport

The major means of transport i
Maswa
is the land transport which involves private cars, public buses, motorcycles and mostly bicycles which can be seen throughout the district. The highway that connects

Shinyanga Region Shinyanga Region (''Mkoa wa Shinyanga'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nati ...

and

Mara Region Mara Region (''Mkoa wa Mara'' 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 El Salvador. for El Salvador at The nei ...

(trunk road T36) passes through Maswa town. The Central Line railway 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, ...

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 1,104,521 and a population of 3,699,872 in the region ...

passes through the district from south to north and there is one train station within the district's boundaries at the village of Malampaka.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Maswa District was administratively divided into 26

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 pris ...

Wards

* Badi * Binza * Buchambi * Budekwa * Busilili * Dakama * Ipililo * Isanga * Kadoto * Kulimi * Lalago * Malampaka * Masela * Mpindo * Mwamanenge * Mwamashimba * Mwang'honoli * Nguliguli * Ng'wigwa * Nyabubinza * Nyalikungu * Senani * Sengwa * Shishiyu *

Sukuma Sukuma may refer to: *the Sukuma people *the Sukuma language *the Swahili name for Colewort **the dish sukuma wiki Sukuma wiki is an East African dish made with collard greens, known as , cooked with onions and spices. It is often served and ea ...

* Zanzui

References

Districts of Simiyu Region {{Simiyu-geo-stub