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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
Arusha Arusha Region	1.	1,694,310	Arusha Arusha	341,136
Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Region	2.	2,791,063	Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam	5,383,728
Dodoma Dodoma Region	3.	2,083,588	Dodoma Dodoma	180,541
Geita Geita Region	4.	1,739,530	Geita Geita	40,000
Iringa Iringa Region	5.	941,238	Iringa Iringa	111,820
Kagera Kagera Region	6.	2,189,850	Bukoba Bukoba	70,628
Katavi Katavi Region	7.	564,604	Mpanda Mpanda	73,338
Kigoma Kigoma Region	8.	2,127,930	Kigoma Kigoma	164,268
Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro Region	9.	1,640,087	Moshi Moshi	156,959
Lindi Lindi Region	10.	864,652	Lindi Lindi	41,912
Manyara Manyara Region	11.	1,148,070	Babati Babati	34,291
Mara Mara Region	12.	1,743,830	Musoma Musoma	121,119
Mbeya Mbeya Region	13.	2,707,410	Mbeya Mbeya	291,649
Morogoro Morogoro Region	14.	2,218,492	Morogoro Morogoro	250,902
Mtwara Mtwara Region	15.	1,270,854	Mtwara Mtwara	96,602
Mwanza Mwanza Region	16.	2,772,509	Mwanza Mwanza	436,801
Njombe Njombe Region	17.	702,097	Njombe Njombe	46,724
Pemba North Pemba North Region	18.	211,732	Wete Wete	26,450
Pemba South Pemba South Region	19.	195,116	Chake Chake Chake Chake	21,686
Pwani Coast Region	20.	1,098,668	Kibaha Kibaha	23,651
Rukwa Rukwa Region	21.	1,004,539	Sumbawanga Sumbawanga	89,161
Ruvuma Ruvuma Region	22.	1,190,348	Songea Songea	126,449
Shinyanga Shinyanga Region	23.	1,534,808	Shinyanga Shinyanga	107,362
Simiyu Simiyu Region	24.	1,584,157	-	-
Singida Singida Region	25.	1,370,637	Singida Singida	62,432
Songwe Songwe	26.	1,173,667	Vwawa Vwawa	40,145
Tabora Tabora Region	27.	2,291,623	Tabora Tabora	145,292
Tanga Tanga Region	28.	2,045,205	Tanga Tanga	224,876
Zanzibar Central/South Zanzibar Central/South Region	29.	115,588	Koani Koani	2,211
Zanzibar North Zanzibar North Region	30.	187,455	Mkokotoni Mkokotoni	2,572
Zanzibar Urban/West Zanzibar Urban/West Region	31.	593,678	Zanzibar Zanzibar	403,658