Masasi is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region

Mtwara Region

Mtwara is a southern region of Tanzania which has been underdeveloped for a long time: development is constrained by the lack of highway and energy infrastructures. The Dar es Salaam-Kibiti-Lindi-Mtwara road has been improved by the completion of the Mkapa bridge over the Rufiji River...

 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...

. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region

Lindi Region

Lindi is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is also called Lindi.The Lindi region borders on Pwani, Morogoro, Ruvuma, and Mtwara. Much of the western part of the region is in the Selous Game Reserve....

, to the East by the Newala District

Newala

Newala is one of the five districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the west by the Masasi District, to the east by the Tandahimba District, to the south by Mozambique, and to the north by the Tandahimba and Masasi Districts....

, to the South by Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 and to the West by the Ruvuma Region

Ruvuma Region

Ruvuma is a region in Tanzania. It is named after the Ruvuma River which forms most of its southern boundary with Mozambique. It is also bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region, to the Northeast by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region and to the Northwest by the Iringa Region. ...

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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Masasi was 442,573.http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/masasi.htm

Wards

The Masasi District is administratively divided into 34 wards:

• Chigugu
• Chipuputa
• Chiungutwa
• Chiwata
• Likokona
• Lipumburu
• Lisekese
• Lukuledi
• Lulindi
• Lumesule
• Maratani
• Marika
• Masasi
• Masuguru
• Mbuyuni
• Mchaura
• Mikangaula
• Mkonona
• Mkululu
• Mkundi
• Mnavira
• Mpindimbi
• Mwena
• Namajani
• Namalenga
• Namatutwe
• Nandete
• Nanganga
• Nangomba
• Nanjota
• Nanyumbu
• Napacho
• Sengenya
• Sindano

Sources

• Masasi District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census

External links

• Masasi High Quality Farmers' Products, a cashew growers' association.