As of 2022, the population of Magu was 421,119.[2][3]
This is not much more than the district's population in 2002, when the number was 416,113,[4] due to the fact that the district was split up in 2012 and about half of the original Magu district is now part of the new Busega District, Simiyu Region.[5]
Administrative subdivisions
Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Magu District had two constituencies:[6]
Busega Constituency
Magu Constituency
Divisions
As of 2012[update], Magu District was administratively divided into four divisions:[3]
Itumbili
Kahangara
Ndagalu
Sanjo
Wards
As of 2002, Magu District was administratively divided into twenty-seven wards.[4] As of 2012, it was divided into 18 wards having undergone considerable reorganisation.[7]