| Manyara Region | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Tanzanite region; Home of Tanzanite [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Named For: | Lake Manyara | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | -4.315°N 36.9541°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Zone | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern | ||||||||||||||||
| Established Title: | Administrative Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Seat Type: | Capital | ||||||||||||||||
| Seat: | Babati | ||||||||||||||||
| Parts Type: | Districts | ||||||||||||||||
| P1: | Babati Urban | ||||||||||||||||
| Leader Title: | Regional Commissioner | ||||||||||||||||
| Leader Name: | Charles Makongoro Nyerere | ||||||||||||||||
| P2: | Mbulu Urban | ||||||||||||||||
| P3: | Babati District | ||||||||||||||||
| P4: | Hanang District | ||||||||||||||||
| P5: | Kiteto District | ||||||||||||||||
| P6: | Mbulu District | ||||||||||||||||
| P7: | Simanjiro District | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 44,522 | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Rank: | 7th of 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation Max M: | 3,418 | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation Max Point: | Mount Hanang | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Total: | 1,892,502 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Rank: | 17th of 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Demonym: | Manyaran | ||||||||||||||||
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnic groups | ||||||||||||||||
| Demographics1 Title1: | Settler | ||||||||||||||||
| Demographics1 Info1: | Swahili & Maasai | ||||||||||||||||
| Demographics1 Title2: | Native | ||||||||||||||||
| Demographics1 Info2: | Iraqw, Mbugwe, Assa, Barabaig & Gorowa | ||||||||||||||||
| Timezone1: | EAT | ||||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 27xxx | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Code: | 027 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iso Code: | TZ-26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI (2021) | ||||||||||||||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0.568[2] · 9th of 25 | ||||||||||||||||
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Manyara Region (Mkoa wa Manyara in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,497,555.[3] For 2002–2012, the region's 3.2 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the third highest in the country.[3] It was also the 22nd most densely populated region with 32 people per square kilometre.[3]
Lake Manyara is in the northern part of the region. It is bordered to the north by the Arusha Region, to the northeast by the Kilimanjaro Region, to the east by the Tanga Region, to the south by the Dodoma Region, to the southeast by the Morogoro Region, to the southwest by the Singida Region, and to the northwest by the Simiyu Region. The highest mountain in the Manyara Region is Mount Hanang.
Manyara Region is inhabited by various ethnolinguistic groups and communities. The latter include the Assa, Gorowa, Kw'adza, Mbugwe, Datooga, Maasai and Barabaig and Irakw,[4] which is the largest ethnic group in the region.
The regional commissioner of the Manyara Region is Queen Curthbet Sendiga .[5]
Residents of the Manyara Region are mostly farmers. The region's economy is based on the mining of Tanzanite gems on the Mererani Hills in the north on the border with the Arusha Region. Other sources of income are from tourism in the Tarangire National Park, which is entirely located in the region, and Lake Manyara National Park.
One paved road passes through the western part of Manyara Region. Paved trunk road T14 from Singida connects with trunk road T5 in Babati town. Trunk road T5 from Dodoma to Arusha passes through the region; it is paved from Arusha up to Dodoma.[6]
Manyara Region is divided into six districts, each administered by a council:
| Districts of Manyara Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | District | Population (2012 Census) | ||||
| Babati District | 312,392 | |||||
| Babati Town | 93,108 | |||||
| Hanang District | 275,990 | |||||
| Kiteto District | 244,669 | |||||
| Mbulu District | 320,279 | |||||
| Simanjiro District | 178,693 | |||||
| Total | 1,425,131 | |||||