Mafia District Council is among the nine districts in the Coast Region established in 1959. Other districts include Bagamoyo, Kibaha Mji, Kibaha, Chalinze, Kisarawe, Mkuranga, Kibiti and Rufiji. Geographically, Mafia District is a collection of eight islands in the Indian Ocean 195 km south of Dar es Salaam. The islands are Mafia (the main island), Jibondo, Mbarakuni, Shungimbili, Nyororo, ...