Bagamoyo District (Tanzania)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
מחוז בגמויו (טנזניה)
Name (Latin)
Bagamoyo District (Tanzania)
Other forms of name
nnaa Bagamoyo, Tanzania (District)
Bagamoyo (Tanzania : District)
Coordinates
38.46666667 38.46666667 -6.3075 -6.3075 (gooearth )
E0383000 E0383000 S0062000 S0062000 (geonames )
Associated country
Tanzania
Sources of Information
- Kauzeni, A.S. Some characteristics and economic ... 1979:t.p. (Bagamoyo ... Districts) p. 30 (Bagamoyo District)
- BGN gazett., Tanzania, 1965:p. 2 (Bagamoyo [brief] District)
- LC data base, 1/23/87(hdg.: Bagamoyo, Tanzania (District))
Wikipedia description:
Bagamoyo District (Wilaya ya Bagamoyo, in Swahili) is one of eight administrative districts of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of 945 km2 (365 sq mi). The district is surrounded by the Chalinze District to the north and west, the Zanzibar Channel to the east, the Kibaha District to the south, and the Kinondoni District to the south-east in the Dar es Salaam Region. The district is comparable in size to the land area of Turks and Caicos Islands. The district capital is Bagamoyo. As of 2022, the population of Bagamoyo district is 205,478.
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