Ilemela District

Ilemela District
District
Ilemela District's location within Mwanza Region. Trunk roads in green.
Coordinates: 02°35′S 032°55′E / 2.583°S 32.917°E / -2.583; 32.917Coordinates: 02°35′S 032°55′E / 2.583°S 32.917°E / -2.583; 32.917
Country	Tanzania
Region	Mwanza Region
Population (2012)
• Total	343,001

Ilemela District is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and west by Lake Victoria, to the east by Magu District, and to the south by Nyamagana District. Part of the region's capital, the town of Mwanza, is within Ilemela District.^[1] The district commission's office is located in Buswelu area of Mwanza town.

As of 2012, the population of the Ilemela District was 343,001.^[2]

Mwanza International Airport is located in Ilemela District.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Ilemela District had one constituency:^[3]

• Ilemela Constituency

Divisions

Ilemela District is administratively divided into divisions.

Wards

As of 2002, Ilemela District was administratively divided into ten wards. As of 2012, it was divided into nine wards having undergone some reorganisation.^{[4] [2]}

2015 wards

• Bugogwa
• Buswelu
• Igoma
• Ilemela
• Kirumba
• Kitangiri
• Nyakato
• Nyamanoro
• Pasiansi
• Sangabuye
• Shibula

2016 wards

• Bugogwa
• Buswelu
• Buzuruga
• Ilemela
• Ibungilo
• Kawekamo
• Kahama
• Kayenze
• Kirumba
• Kitangiri
• Mecco
• Nyakato
• Nyamanoro
• Nyamongoro
• Nyasaka
• Pasiansi
• Sangabuye
• Shibula
• Kiseke

References