The district lies north of the city of Kigoma-Ujiji.

[3][4] In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 267,712 people in the district, from 211,566 in 2012.

[1]: 125 [5]: 147 The district is of the tribes of Waha, Wabembe, Goma people, Wabwari, and Watongwe.

[6]: 2 Kigoma District was administratively divided into 16 wards, 46 villages, and 212 hamlets.

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