Msalala District is among the four districts in Shinyanga Region and Msalala District Council is one among the six councils in the region which are Kishapu, Shinyanga Municipal, Shinyanga Rural, Kahama Town Council, Ushetu and Msalala. The council was established from the former Kahama District Council. The district lies between latitude 3015″ and 4030″ south of Ikweta and Longitude 31030″ and 33000″ east of Greenwich.
The district borders Geita region to the north and to the south it borders with Tabora region. To the west, the district borders with Shinyanga district and to the west it borders Kahama Town Council. Administratively Msalala district has 2 Division, 16 Wards, 82 Villages and 322 Sub-villages. The district occupies an area of 263,520.2 hectares (2,635.52 km2) which is equivalent to 5.2% of the total area of Shinyanga region i.e 50,781 km².
Population Size and Growth
According to the 2012 Population and Housing Census Msalala district had 250,727 people out of which 122,234 were males and 128,493 were females.
 ETHNIC GROUPS
The population of MDC consists principally of Wasukuma, Wasumbwa and Wanyamwezi. Other ethnic groups are known as Waha, Wahangaza and Wadakama.
Education
There are 87 primary schools in the district out of which 85 are government schools and 2 are privately owned. There are 51,295 pupils in government primary schools out of which 25,188 are boys and 26,107 are girls. In private schools there are 257 pupils of which 124 are boys and 133 are girls. The district has 14 government secondary schools.
Mission
The mission of Msalala District Council is ‘’To provide high quality socio- economic services to the community through efficient and effective use of available resources’’.
Vission
The vision for Msalala District Council is to be a council which is capable in providing quality and sustainable social and economic services to the people by 2018’’.
Deadline: 4 January 2026
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