Magu (II)
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Magu District is one of the 8 districts of the Mwanza Region
Mwanza Region
Mwanza Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Mwanza, which is also Tanzania's second city.The neighbouring regions are Kagera to the west, Shinyanga to the south, and Mara to the east...

 of Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

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It is bordered to the North by Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....

, to the South by the Kwimba District
Kwimba
Kwimba District is one of 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the West by the Misungwi District and to the North by the Magu District. Kwimba's population is 316,180 . The district seat is at Ngudu....

, Misungwi District
Misungwi
Misungwi District, Tanzania is located in the Mwanza Region on the shores of Lake Victoria. According to the 2002 Tanzanian National Census, the population is 256,133 with 20,604 of those residents living in an urban area . Misungwi is often spelled with an extra 's' to make it Missungwi...

 and the Shinyanga Region
Shinyanga Region
Shinyanga Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Shinyanga. It is bordered to the north by the Mwanza, Mara, and Kagera Regions, and to the south by the Tabora Region...

, to the East by the Shinyanga Region
Shinyanga Region
Shinyanga Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Shinyanga. It is bordered to the north by the Mwanza, Mara, and Kagera Regions, and to the south by the Tabora Region...

, and to the West by the city of Mwanza
Mwanza
Mwanza is a mid-sized port city on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania. With an urban population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan population of 2 million, it is Tanzania's second largest city, following Dar es Salaam and ahead of other major Tanzanian cities of Arusha,...

 (Nyamagana District
Nyamagana
Nyamagana District is one of the eight districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania.It comprises the Northern half of the city of Mwanza. It is bordered to the North and West by Lake Victoria, to the South by the Ilemela District and to the East by the Magu District.According to the 2002 Tanzania...

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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Magu was 416,113. http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/magu.htm

Wards

Magu District is administratively divided into 27 wards:
  • Badugu
  • Bujashi
  • Igalukilo
  • Kabita
  • Kahangara
  • Kalemela
  • Kiloleni
  • Kisesa
  • Kitongosima
  • Kongolo
  • Lubugu
  • Lutale
  • Magu Mjini
  • Malili
  • Mkula
  • Mwamabanza
  • Mwamanga
  • Mwamanyili
  • Ngasamo
  • Ng'haya
  • Nkungulu
  • Nyaluhande
  • Nyanguge
  • Nyigogo
  • Shigala
  • Shishani
  • Sukuma

Sources

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