Mafia District Council established in 1959 and is among the nine Districts in Coast Region, other districts include Kibaha District, Kibaha Town council,,Chalinze, Rufiji,Kibiti, Kisarawe, Mkuranga and Bagamoyo. Mafia District geographically is an island in the Indian Ocean situated on the Southern of Dar es Salaam Region about 195 km away.

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The District is located on the South eastern part of the Coast Region and lies between longitudes 390E – 400 E and latitude 70.38’s.The District is comprised by other 7 small Islands namely Jibondo, Chole, Juani, Bwejuu, Mbarakuni, Shungimbili and Nyororo. The last 3 mentioned are temporally habitats of fishermen.The District has a total area of 972 sq km whereby 407sq km is covered by dry land and 565 sq km is under water.The District is bordered by Mkuranga district on the North Western Part, Rufiji and Kilwa District on the Southern Western Part, East and South Eastern part by Indian Ocean.