Micheweni District

Micheweni District is one of two administrative districts of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of. The district is comparable in size to the land area of Cook Islands. The district has a water border to the east, north and west by the Indian Ocean. The district is bordered to the south by Wete District. The district seat is the town of Konde. According to the 2022 census, the district has a total population of 123,379.

Administrative subdivisions

Constituencies

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

Konde Constituency
Mgogoni Constituency
Micheweni Constituency
Tumbe Constituency

Wards

Micheweni District is administratively divided into ten wards:

Kinowe
Kiuyu Maziwa Ng'ombe
Konde
Mgogoni
Micheweni
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.