Regions of Tanzania

Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (mkoa).

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. In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu. In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.

List of regions Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.

Rank(Area) Region Capital Districts 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 Dodoma 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 Mara Region Musoma 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 ISO 3166-2:TZ

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