2 New Government Jobs Opportunities SIMIYU at MASWA District Council – WATENDAJI Executive Officers

KAZI ZA HALMASHAURI 2020

Simiyu Region
is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is
the town of Bariadi. The region was created in March 2012, from part of
Shinyanga Region.

According
to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,584,157.
For 2002-2012, the region’s 1.8 percent average annual population growth
rate was the twenty-third-highest in the country. It was also the
fifteenth-most-densely-populated region with 63 people per square
kilometer.

Maswa District
is one of the five districts of the Simiyu Region of Tanzania Inhabited
by Sukuma (Nyantuzu People). It is bordered to the north by Magu
District and Itilima District, to the east by the Meatu District, to the
south by the Kishapu District, and to the west by the Kwimba District.
Its administrative centre is the town of Maswa.

According
to the 2002 Tanzanian National Census, the population of Maswa District
is 304,402. According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the
population of Maswa District was 344,125.

The highway that connects Shinyanga Region and Mara Region (trunk road T36) passes through Maswa town.

The
Central Line railway from Tabora to Mwanza passes through the district
from south to north and there is one train station within the district’s
boundaries at the village of Malampaka.

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Maswa District was administratively divided into 26 wards.