Kishapu District
District
location within Shinyanga Region.
location within Shinyanga Region.
Coordinates: 3°43′52″S 33°48′00″E / 3.731°S 33.8°E / -3.731; 33.8
Country Tanzania

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 and Urban Districts.

The open pit Williamson diamond mine (also known as Mwadui mine) is located in Kishapu District.[1]

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Kishapu District was 240,086.

Wards

Kishapu District is administratively divided into 20 wards:

  1. Bubiki
  2. Bunambiyu
  3. Itilima
  4. Kiloleli
  5. Kishapu
  6. Lagana
  7. Masanga
  8. Mondo
  9. Mwadui Luhumbo
  10. Mwakipoya
  11. Mwamalasa
  12. Mwamashele
  13. Ngofila
  14. Seke Bugoro
  15. Shagihilu
  16. Somagedi
  17. Songwa
  18. Talaga
  19. Uchunga
  20. Ukenyenge
  21. mwataga

References

  1. ↑ "Williamson Mine". Petra Diamonds. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

Sources


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