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 |
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 |