Regions of Tanzania
| Tanzania's Regions Mikoa ya Tanzania (Swahili) | |
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| Category | Unitary republic |
| Location | Tanzania |
| Number | 31 (as of 29th January, 2016) |
| Populations | 115,588 (Unguja South) – 4,364,541 (Dar es Salaam) |
| Areas | 230 km2 (89 sq mi) (Mjini Magharibi) – 76,151 km2 (29,402 sq mi) (Tabora) |
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| Subdivisions | |
Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (mkoa).[1]
History[edit]
- In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region.
- In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region.[1]
- In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu.[2]
- In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.[3][4]
List of regions[edit]
Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.
| Rank (Area) |
Region | Capital | Districts | Area (km2) |
Population (2022)[5] |
Rank (Population) |
Postcode | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Arusha Region | Arusha | 7 | 37,576 km2 (14,508 sq mi) | 2,356,255 | 11 | 23xxx | 
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| 26 | Dar es Salaam Region | Dar es Salaam | 5 | 1,393 km2 (538 sq mi) | 5,383,728 | 1 | 11xxx | 
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| 8 | Dodoma Region | Dodoma | 7 | 41,311 km2 (15,950 sq mi) | 3,085,625 | 5 | 41xxx | 
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| 21 | Geita Region | Geita | 5 | 20,054 km2 (7,743 sq mi) | 2,977,608 | 7 | 30xxx | 
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| 12 | Iringa Region | Iringa | 5 | 35,503 km2 (13,708 sq mi) | 1,192,728 | 24 | 51xxx | 
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| 16 | Kagera Region | Bukoba | 8 | 25,265 km2 (9,755 sq mi) | 2,989,299 | 6 | 35xxx | 
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| 6 | Katavi Region | Mpanda | 3 | 45,843 km2 (17,700 sq mi) | 1,152,958 | 25 | 50xxx | 
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| 10 | Kigoma Region | Kigoma | 8 | 25,265 km2 (9,755 sq mi) | 2,470,967 | 9 | 47xxx | 
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| 24 | Kilimanjaro Region | Moshi | 6 | 13,250 km2 (5,120 sq mi) | 1,861,934 | 18 | 25xxx | 
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| 3 | Lindi Region | Lindi | 6 | 66,669 km2 (25,741 sq mi) | 1,194,028 | 23 | 65xxx | 
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| 7 | Manyara Region | Babati | 6 | 44,522 km2 (17,190 sq mi) | 1,892,502 | 17 | 27xxx | 
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| 19 | Mara Region | Musoma | 7 | 21,760 km2 (8,400 sq mi) | 2,372,015 | 10 | 31xxx | 
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| 11 | Mbeya Region | Mbeya | 7 | 35,954 km2 (13,882 sq mi) | 2,343,754 | 12 | 53xxx | 
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| 31 | Mjini Magharibi Region (Zanzibar Urban West) |
Zanzibar City | 2 | 230 km2 (89 sq mi) | 893,169 | 26 | 71xxx | 
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| 2 | Morogoro Region | Morogoro | 7 | 70,624 km2 (27,268 sq mi) | 3,197,104 | 4 | 67xxx | 
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| 23 | Mtwara Region | Mtwara | 7 | 16,710 km2 (6,450 sq mi) | 1,634,947 | 20 | 63xxx | 
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| 25 | Mwanza Region | Mwanza | 7 | 9,467 km2 (3,655 sq mi) | 3,699,872 | 2 | 33xxx | 
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| 20 | Njombe Region | Njombe | 6 | 21,347 km2 (8,242 sq mi) | 889,946 | 27 | 59xxx | 
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| 28 | Pemba North Region | Wete | 2 | 574 km2 (222 sq mi) | 272,091 | 28 | 75xxx | 
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| 30 | Pemba South Region | Chake-Chake | 2 | 332 km2 (128 sq mi) | 271,350 | 29 | 74xxx | 
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| 13 | Pwani Region | Kibaha | 7 | 32,547 km2 (12,566 sq mi) | 2,024,947 | 15 | 61xxx | 
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| 18 | Rukwa Region | Sumbawanga | 4 | 22,792 km2 (8,800 sq mi) | 1,540,519 | 21 | 55xxx | 
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| 4 | Ruvuma Region | Songea | 6 | 63,669 km2 (24,583 sq mi) | 1,848,794 | 19 | 57xxx | 
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| 22 | Shinyanga Region | Shinyanga | 5 | 18,901 km2 (7,298 sq mi) | 2,241,299 | 13 | 37xxx | 
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| 17 | Simiyu Region | Bariadi | 5 | 25,212 km2 (9,734 sq mi) | 2,140,497 | 14 | 39xxx | 
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| 5 | Singida Region | Singida | 6 | 49,340 km2 (19,050 sq mi) | 2,008,058 | 16 | 43xxx | 
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| 14 | Songwe Region | Vwawa | 5 | 27,656 km2 (10,678 sq mi) | 1,344,687 | 22 | 53xxx | 
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| 1 | Tabora Region | Tabora | 7 | 76,151 km2 (29,402 sq mi) | 3,391,679 | 3 | 45xxx | 
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| 15 | Tanga Region | Tanga | 11 | 26,667 km2 (10,296 sq mi) | 2,615,597 | 8 | 21xxx | 
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| 29 | Unguja North Region (Zanzibar North) |
Mkokotoni | 2 | 470 km2 (180 sq mi) | 257,290 | 30 | 73xxx | 
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| 27 | Unguja South Region (Zanzibar South) |
Koani | 2 | 854 km2 (330 sq mi) | 195,873 | 31 | 72xxx | 
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See also[edit]
- Districts of Tanzania
- List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index
- List of regions of Tanzania by GDP
- List of regions of Tanzania by poverty rate
- ISO 3166-2:TZ
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Regions of Tanzania". Statoids. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Tanzania: State Gazettes New Regions, Districts". Daily News. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- ^ "History". Songwe Regional Commissioner's Office. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Mbeya Region". Mbeya Regional Commissioner Office. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Matokeo ya Sensa". sensa.nbs.go.tz (in Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
