Maswa District

Maswa District is one of the five districts of the of Inhabited by Sukuma people. It is bordered to the north by and Itilima District, to the east by the Meatu District, to the south by the , and to the west by the .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maswa.

Town
is a town in of . It is the administrative seat of District. And the Original Inhabited people are Sukama. According to the 2012 census, the population of town - consisting of Binza and Nyalikungu wards - was 26,597.

Maswa District

Latitude
-3.2° or 3° 12′ south
Longitude
33.786° or 33° 47′ 10″ east
Population
428,000
Elevation
1,333 metres (4,373 feet)
Open location code
6G8MQQXP+XC
Geo­Names ID
154646
Wiki­data ID
Q6785741
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Maswa District” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Maswa District
  • German: Maswa (Distrikt)
  • German: Maswa
  • Greek: Περιοχή Μάσουα
  • Italian: Distretto di Maswa
  • Swahili: Maswa
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Maswa
  • Vietnamese: Maswa
  • Zulu: Maswa District

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maswa District”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.