Mkuranga is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region

Pwani Region

Pwani is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Kibaha serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region, to the East by Dar-es-Salaam and the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Lindi Region and to the West by the Morogoro Region...

 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 Dar-es-Salaam, to the East by the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

, to the South by the Rufiji District, and to the East by the Kisarawe District

Kisarawe

Kisarawe is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kibaha District, to the East by the Mkuranga District, to the South by the Rufiji District and to the West by the Morogoro Region....

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According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mkuranga District was 187,428. http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/mkuranga.htm

Wards

The Mkuranga District is administratively divided into 15 wards:

• Bupu
• Kimanzichana
• Kisiju
• Kitomondo
• Lukanga
• Magawa
• Mbezi
• Mkamba
• Mkuranga
• Mwalusembe
• Nyamato
• Panzuo
• Shungubweni
• Tambani
• Vikindu

Sources

• Mkuranga District Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census