Regions in Tanzania
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You can sort the regions in Tanzania alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Tanzania
There are 31 regions in Tanzania in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Region | 1. | 2,791,063 | Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam | 5,383,728 |
Mwanza Mwanza Region | 2. | 2,772,509 | Mwanza Mwanza | 436,801 |
Zanzibar Urban/West Zanzibar Urban/West Region | 3. | 593,678 | Zanzibar Zanzibar | 403,658 |
Arusha Arusha Region | 4. | 1,694,310 | Arusha Arusha | 341,136 |
Mbeya Mbeya Region | 5. | 2,707,410 | Mbeya Mbeya | 291,649 |
Morogoro Morogoro Region | 6. | 2,218,492 | Morogoro Morogoro | 250,902 |
Tanga Tanga Region | 7. | 2,045,205 | Tanga Tanga | 224,876 |
Dodoma Dodoma Region | 8. | 2,083,588 | Dodoma Dodoma | 180,541 |
Kigoma Kigoma Region | 9. | 2,127,930 | Kigoma Kigoma | 164,268 |
Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Region | 10. | 1,640,087 | Moshi Moshi | 156,959 |
Tabora Tabora Region | 11. | 2,291,623 | Tabora Tabora | 145,292 |
Ruvuma Ruvuma Region | 12. | 1,190,348 | Songea Songea | 126,449 |
Mara Mara Region | 13. | 1,743,830 | Musoma Musoma | 121,119 |
Iringa Iringa Region | 14. | 941,238 | Iringa Iringa | 111,820 |
Shinyanga Shinyanga Region | 15. | 1,534,808 | Shinyanga Shinyanga | 107,362 |
Mtwara Mtwara Region | 16. | 1,270,854 | Mtwara Mtwara | 96,602 |
Rukwa Rukwa Region | 17. | 1,004,539 | Sumbawanga Sumbawanga | 89,161 |
Katavi Katavi Region | 18. | 564,604 | Mpanda Mpanda | 73,338 |
Kagera Kagera Region | 19. | 2,189,850 | Bukoba Bukoba | 70,628 |
Singida Singida Region | 20. | 1,370,637 | Singida Singida | 62,432 |
Njombe Njombe Region | 21. | 702,097 | Njombe Njombe | 46,724 |
Lindi Lindi Region | 22. | 864,652 | Lindi Lindi | 41,912 |
Songwe Songwe | 23. | 1,173,667 | Vwawa Vwawa | 40,145 |
Geita Geita Region | 24. | 1,739,530 | Geita Geita | 40,000 |
Manyara Manyara Region | 25. | 1,148,070 | Babati Babati | 34,291 |
Pemba North Pemba North Region | 26. | 211,732 | Wete Wete | 26,450 |
Pwani Coast Region | 27. | 1,098,668 | Kibaha Kibaha | 23,651 |
Pemba South Pemba South Region | 28. | 195,116 | Chake Chake Chake Chake | 21,686 |
Zanzibar North Zanzibar North Region | 29. | 187,455 | Mkokotoni Mkokotoni | 2,572 |
Zanzibar Central/South Zanzibar Central/South Region | 30. | 115,588 | Koani Koani | 2,211 |
Simiyu Simiyu Region | 31. | 1,584,157 | - | - |