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Tanzania is made up of 31 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Tanzania. Information on all primary administrative regions in Tanzania.

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Primary administrative regions in Tanzania

There are 31 regions in Tanzania in the primary administrative level.

Primary administrative regions in Tanzania
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
Mbeya Mbeya Region	3.	2,707,410	Mbeya Mbeya	291,649
Tabora Tabora Region	4.	2,291,623	Tabora Tabora	145,292
Morogoro Morogoro Region	5.	2,218,492	Morogoro Morogoro	250,902
Kagera Kagera Region	6.	2,189,850	Bukoba Bukoba	70,628
Kigoma Kigoma Region	7.	2,127,930	Kigoma Kigoma	164,268
Dodoma Dodoma Region	8.	2,083,588	Dodoma Dodoma	180,541
Tanga Tanga Region	9.	2,045,205	Tanga Tanga	224,876
Mara Mara Region	10.	1,743,830	Musoma Musoma	121,119
Geita Geita Region	11.	1,739,530	Geita Geita	40,000
Arusha Arusha Region	12.	1,694,310	Arusha Arusha	341,136
Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Region	13.	1,640,087	Moshi Moshi	156,959
Simiyu Simiyu Region	14.	1,584,157	-	-
Shinyanga Shinyanga Region	15.	1,534,808	Shinyanga Shinyanga	107,362
Singida Singida Region	16.	1,370,637	Singida Singida	62,432
Mtwara Mtwara Region	17.	1,270,854	Mtwara Mtwara	96,602
Ruvuma Ruvuma Region	18.	1,190,348	Songea Songea	126,449
Songwe Songwe	19.	1,173,667	Vwawa Vwawa	40,145
Manyara Manyara Region	20.	1,148,070	Babati Babati	34,291
Pwani Coast Region	21.	1,098,668	Kibaha Kibaha	23,651
Rukwa Rukwa Region	22.	1,004,539	Sumbawanga Sumbawanga	89,161
Iringa Iringa Region	23.	941,238	Iringa Iringa	111,820
Lindi Lindi Region	24.	864,652	Lindi Lindi	41,912
Njombe Njombe Region	25.	702,097	Njombe Njombe	46,724
Zanzibar Urban/West Zanzibar Urban/West Region	26.	593,678	Zanzibar Zanzibar	403,658
Katavi Katavi Region	27.	564,604	Mpanda Mpanda	73,338
Pemba North Pemba North Region	28.	211,732	Wete Wete	26,450
Pemba South Pemba South Region	29.	195,116	Chake Chake Chake Chake	21,686
Zanzibar North Zanzibar North Region	30.	187,455	Mkokotoni Mkokotoni	2,572
Zanzibar Central/South Zanzibar Central/South Region	31.	115,588	Koani Koani	2,211