{{Short description|District of Tanga Region, Tanzania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Handeni |native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Wilaya ya Handeni}} |official_name = Wilaya ya Handeni, Mkoa wa Tanga |nickname = |settlement_type = District |named_for = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Manga Village, Mkata.jpg |caption = Manga Village, Mkata Ward, Handeni District |image_map = Handeni District in Tanga 2022.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Handeni District in Tanga 2022 |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |coordinates = {{coord|5|30|32.76|S|38|20|20.04|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tanga Region |established_title = District |established_date = |seat_type = Capital |seat = Mkata |area_total_km2 = 6,534 |area_rank = 1/11 <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_demonym = Handenian |population_as_of = 2022 census |population_total = 384,353 |population_density_km2 = auto |demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups |demographics1_title1 = Settler |demographics1_info1 = Swahili |demographics1_title2 = Native |demographics1_info2 = Zigua |website = {{URL|http://www.tanga.go.tz/}} }} thumb|Welcome to Tanga sign, Handeni District
'''Handeni District''' is one of the 11 districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of {{cvt|6,534|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Zone(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> It is bordered to the west by the Kilindi District and the Handeni Urban District, to the north by the Korogwe District, to the east by the Pangani District, and to the south by the Pwani Region. In 2002 Kilindi District was formed out of the district. The administrative capital of the district is Mkata town. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Handeni District was 248,633.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbs.go.tz/Census2002/MainLand/District/tanga.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809113847/http://www.nbs.go.tz/Census2002/MainLand/District/tanga.htm |archive-date=9 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the 2022 census, the population had increased to: 384,353.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tanzania: Administrative Division (Regions and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref name="2012 Census">{{cite web |title=2012 Population and Housing Census |url=http://www.tzdpg.or.tz/fileadmin/documents/dpg_internal/dpg_working_groups_clusters/cluster_2/water/WSDP/Background_information/2012_Census_General_Report.pdf |website=Development Partners Group Tanzania |accessdate=7 August 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329025621/http://www.tzdpg.or.tz/fileadmin/documents/dpg_internal/dpg_working_groups_clusters/cluster_2/water/WSDP/Background_information/2012_Census_General_Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Administrative subdivisions== As of 2012, Handeni District Council was administratively divided into 20 wards.<ref name="2012 Census" />
===Wards=== {{Columns-list|colwidth=10em| # Kabuku # Kabuku Ndani # Kang'ata # Pongwe Pogwe # Kiva # Komkonga # Kwachaga # Kwaluguru # Kwamatuku # Kwamgwe # Kwamkonje # Kwamsisi # Kwasunga # Kwedizinga # Mazingara # Mgambo # Misima # Mkata # Ndolwa # Segera # Sindeni }}
==In pop culture== The dramatic open area to the north of Handeni was the setting for Ernest Hemingway's classic hunting book, ''Green Hills of Africa''.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
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{{Handeni District}} {{Districts of Tanga}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Districts of Tanga Region