Micheweni District

Micheweni District
Konde District
District
Micheweni District

Location in Tanzania

Coordinates: 05°00′S 039°45′E / 5.000°S 39.750°E / -5.000; 39.750Coordinates: 05°00′S 039°45′E / 5.000°S 39.750°E / -5.000; 39.750
Country Tanzania
Region North Pemba Region
Population (2002)
 • Total 83,531

Micheweni District[1] (Formerly Konde District[2]) is one of the two districts in the North Pemba Region of Tanzania. The administrative seat is the town of . As of 2002, Micheweni District had a population of 83,531.[3]

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Micheweni District had four constituencies:[4]

Wards

Micheweni District is administratively divided into ten wards:[5]

  • Kinowe
  • Kiuyu Maziwa Ng'ombe
  • Konde
  • Mgogoni
  • Micheweni[6]
  • Msuka
  • Shumba Viamboni
  • Tumbe
  • Wingwi Mapofu
  • Wingwi Njuguni

Education

In the 2002 census literacy in Micheweni District stood at 40 percent for those aged 5 years and above. Literacy in Swahili was 30 percent, while 19 percent were literate in English, with 9 percent overlap.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Micheweni (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Konde District (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ↑ "2002 Population and Housing General Report: North Pemba: Micheweni". Archived from the original on 18 June 2004.
  4. ↑ "Organisations located in Micheweni District - Tanzania". African Development Information.
  5. ↑ "Postcodes Kaskazini Pemba Region 75000" (PDF). 2012.
  6. ↑ Micheweni (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  7. ↑ "2002 Population and Housing Census, Volume IV, District Profile Micheweni" (pdf). Central Census Office, National Bureau of Statistics, President's Office, Planning and Privatization, United Republic of Tanzania. 2004.


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