Masasi

Masasi is one of the six districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East through the Newala District, to the South via the Ruvuma River and Mozambique and to the West through Nanyumbu District. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Masasi District becomes 247,993 and in Masasi town the population turned into 102,696. Masasi District Profile Masasi District Council is among seven Councils comprising Mtwara Region. The district lies between a hundred and 2 hundred diploma south of the equator and 360 and 380 tiers East of Greenwich. The District stocks border with Nachingwea and Ruangwa Districts to the North, Lindi and Newala Districts to the East, Ruvuma River to the South and Nanyumbu District to the West.

The council’s headquarters is situated 210 kilometers west of Mtwara Municipality that's the Regional headquarters. The Masasi district council is also surrounding a brand new Masasi metropolis council which started its operations in July 2012. The Council has Five five administrative divisions, Twenty 3 23 wards and 159 villages and 864 hamlets with overall location of 3,829.Nine squarekm and the bodily length is 20.8% of the whole Region. Administratively Masasi is divided into constituencies which can be Masasi and Lulindi. The Council has a total of 31 Councilors where by using 22 are men and 9 are females.