Zanzibar West District is one of the two

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 ...

of the

Zanzibar Urban/West Region Mjini Magharibi Region, Zanzibar Urban West Region or West Zanzibar Region (''Mkoa wa Mjini Magharibi'' in Swahili) is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania. The region covers an area of . The region is located entirely on the island of Zanzibar and ...

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 ...

. It is bordered to the north by the

Zanzibar North Region Unguja North Region, Zanzibar North Region or North Zanzibar Region (''Mkoa wa Unguja Kaskazini'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined ...

, to the east by the

Zanzibar Central/South Region Unguja South Region, Zanzibar South Region or South Zanzibar Region (''Mkoa wa Unguja Kusini'' in Swahili) is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nati ...

, to the south by Kiwani Bay, and to the west by the Zanzibar Urban District. Census, the population of the Zanzibar West District was 184,204, but by the 2012 Census it had more than doubled to 370,645

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections the area for Zanzibar West District had nine of the nineteen constituencies in the region: * Bububu Constituency * Dimani Constituency * Dole Constituency * Fuoni Constituency * Kiembesamaki Constituency * Magogoni Constituency * Mfenesini Constituency * Mtoni Constituency * Mwanakwerekwe Constituency

Wards

, the Zanzibar West District was administratively divided into thirty-nine

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Notes

Districts of Mjini Magharibi Region {{Zanzibar-geo-stub