Administratively, the region is divided into six districts, namely Buhigwe, Kakonko, Kasulu, Kibondo, Kigoma, and Uvinza. Whereby, Kigoma/Ujiji is a municipality and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika . It serves as the capital for the Kigoma Region and a trade hub of the Great Lakes Region . The Region borders with Burundi, Democratic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. Kigoma is the busiest ports on Lake Tanganyika. It is the terminus of the railroad from Dar-es-Salaam and is connected by ship with Congo (Kinshasa) and Burundi. Since the Slave and Ivory trade it has continued to be the only one that had a direct track link and functioning railway connection to the seaport at Dar- es -Salaam . The Railway line run from Kigoma to the port of Dar- es -Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast via Tabora and Dodoma . It was completed in 1915 when Kigoma was part of German East Africa .
Aidha ujenzi wa daraja la Kikwete katika mto Malagarasi lenye urefu wa mita 275 pamoja na kuinua tuta la bonde la mto Malagarasi lenye urefu wa kilomita 2 umekamilika, Ujenzi wa daraja hilo unaambatana na ujenzi wa barabara kwa kiwango cha lami pande zote mbili za daraja (approach roads) zenye urefu wa kilomita 48. Kufungua kwa daraja hili kutaunganisha Mkoa wa Kigoma na Mkoa jirani wa Tabora ambayo ndiyo njia kuu katika kuunganisha na Mikoa mingine Tanzania. Mhe. Machibya anaeleza moja ya faida za kukamilika kwa daraja la Mto Malagarasi alimaarufu Daraja la Kikwete kuwa litatoa wigo mkubwa kwa Mkoa wa Kigoma kuwasiliana na mikoa mingie kiurahisi, wafanyabiashara wa mazao ya kilimo kama vile miwa, nanasi, ndizi sasa wanauwezo wa kusafirisha mazo hayo kwenda mikoa jirani ya Tabora na kwingineko kwa uharaka na muda wote wa misimu bila kukwama.