Bunda is one of the five districts of Mara Region

Mara Region

Mara is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. The region is named after the Mara River. Musoma serves as the Region's capital.The neighbouring regions are Mwanza and Shinyanga , Arusha and Kagera . To the north east, it borders the Republic of Kenya...

 in the United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania

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, East Africa

East Africa

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. It is bordered to the North by the Musoma Rural District

Musoma Rural

Musoma Rural is one of the six districts of the Mara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tarime and Musoma Urban Districts, to the East by the Serengeti District, to the South by the Bunda District and to the West by Lake Victoria....

, to the South by Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

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 and the Mwanza Region

Mwanza Region

Mwanza Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Mwanza, which is also Tanzania's second city.The neighbouring regions are Kagera to the west, Shinyanga to the south, and Mara to the east...

, to the East by the Serengeti District

Serengeti District

The Serengeti District is one of the five districts in the Mara Region of Tanzania. It is home to part of the world-famous Serengeti National Park and contains the Western Gate to the park...

, and to the West by Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

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.

The district administration town is also called Bunda, located on the north-south trans-national all tarmac highway from Kenya to Zambia via Tarime and the lakeside municipalities of Musoma, Mwanza, and thereon to Mbeya in southern Tanzania.

The district has four divisions, namely: Kenkombyo, Nansimo, Serengeti and Chamuriho.

Bunda Town

Bunda Town

Bunda Township serves as the Bunda District's capital, and lies in the Mara Region in the United Republic of Tanzania.The town was previously an administrative part of the Bunda District, but in 2007 the town was parted from the District. In 2007 the town had 37,000 inhabitants.Bunda has had a...

, a small town 70 km south of Musoma

Musoma

Musoma is a city located in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region. It has a population of 103,497 . Musoma sits on the eastern edge of Lake Victoria not far from the Kenyan border. There are boats that take you across Lake Victoria from Musoma.- Geography :The town is sited in a...

 and west of the Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

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serves as the district's capital.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of Bunda District was 260,000. http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/bunda.htm

Wards

Bunda District is administratively divided into 20 wards:

• Bunda
• Butimba
• Guta
• Hunyari
• Igundu
• Iramba
• Kabasa
• Kisorya
• Kunzugu
• Mcharo
• Mihingo
• Mugeta
• Namhula
• Nansimo
• Neruma
• Nyamuswa
• Salama (English meaning: peace)
• Sazira
• Wariku

Sources

• Bunda District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census