Regions of Tanzania explained

Tanzania's Regions
Category:	Unitary republic
Territory:	Tanzania
Current Number:	31
Number Date:	29th January, 2016
Population Range:	115,588 (Unguja South) – 4,364,541 (Dar es Salaam)
Area Range:	230sqkm (Mjini Magharibi) – 76151sqkm (Tabora)
Government:	Regional Government
Subdivision:	Districts

Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (mkoa).^[1]

History

• 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

Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.

Rank (Area)	Region	Capital	Districts	class=data-sort-type:number	Area (km)	Population (2022)	Rank (Population)	Postcode	Map
9	Arusha Region	Arusha	7		2,356,255	11	23xxx
26	Dar es Salaam Region	Dar es Salaam	5		5,383,728	1	11xxx
8	Dodoma Region		7		3,085,625	5	41xxx
21	Geita Region	Geita	5		2,977,608	7	30xxx
12	Iringa Region	Iringa	5		1,192,728	24	51xxx
16	Kagera Region	Bukoba	8		2,989,299	6	35xxx
6	Katavi Region	Mpanda	3		1,152,958	25	50xxx
10	Kigoma Region	Kigoma	8		2,470,967	9	47xxx
24	Kilimanjaro Region	Moshi	6		1,861,934	18	25xxx
3	Lindi Region	Lindi	6		1,194,028	23	65xxx
7	Manyara Region	Babati	6		1,892,502	17	27xxx
19			7		2,372,015	10	31xxx
11	Mbeya Region	Mbeya	7		2,343,754	12	53xxx
31	Mjini Magharibi Region (Zanzibar Urban West)	Zanzibar City	2		893,169	26	71xxx
2	Morogoro Region	Morogoro	7		3,197,104	4	67xxx
23	Mtwara Region	Mtwara	7		1,634,947	20	63xxx
25	Mwanza Region	Mwanza	7		3,699,872	2	33xxx
20	Njombe Region	Njombe	6		889,946	27	59xxx
28	Pemba North Region	Wete	2		272,091	28	75xxx
30	Pemba South Region	Chake-Chake	2		271,350	29	74xxx
13	Pwani Region	Kibaha	7		2,024,947	15	61xxx
18	Rukwa Region	Sumbawanga	4		1,540,519	21	55xxx
4	Ruvuma Region	Songea	6		1,848,794	19	57xxx
22	Shinyanga Region	Shinyanga	5		2,241,299	13	37xxx
17	Simiyu Region	Bariadi	5		2,140,497	14	39xxx
5	Singida Region	Singida	6		2,008,058	16	43xxx
14	Songwe Region	Vwawa	5		1,344,687	22	53xxx
1	Tabora Region	Tabora	7		3,391,679	3	45xxx
15	Tanga Region	Tanga	11		2,615,597	8	21xxx
29	Unguja North Region (Zanzibar North)	Mkokotoni	2		257,290	30	73xxx
27	Unguja South Region (Zanzibar South)	Koani	2		195,873	31	72xxx

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regions of Tanzania . Statoids . 6 December 2014.
2. News: Tanzania: State Gazettes New Regions, Districts . Daily News . Dar es Salaam, Tanzania .
3. Web site: History . Songwe Regional Commissioner's Office . 1 December 2017.
4. Web site: Welcome to Mbeya Region . Mbeya Regional Commissioner Office . 21 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195756/http://www.mbeya.go.tz/index.php/regional_office/welcome-to-mbeya-region . 22 February 2017.