Regions of Tanzania

Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (mkoa).<ref name="Statoids">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Current Map of the Regions of Tanzania

• 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.<ref name="Statoids"/>
• In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List of regions

Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.

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

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