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Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (mkoa).
History
thumb|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.
- In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.
List of regions
Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank<br>(Area)
! Region
! Capital
! Districts
! class=data-sort-type:number | Area<br>(km)
! Population<br>(2022)
! Rank<br>(Population)
! Postcode
! class="unsortable" | Map
|-
| 9
| Arusha Region
| Arusha
| 7
|
| 2,356,255
| 11
| 23xxx
| 100px
|-
| 26
| Dar es Salaam Region
| Dar es Salaam
| 5
|
| 5,383,728
| 1
| 11xxx
| 100px
|-
| 8
| Dodoma Region
| Dodoma
| 7
|
| 3,085,625
| 5
| 41xxx
| 100px
|-
| 21
| Geita Region
| Geita
| 5
|
| 2,977,608
| 7
| 30xxx
| 100px
|-
| 12
| Iringa Region
| Iringa
| 5
|
| 1,192,728
| 24
| 51xxx
| 100px
|-
| 16
| Kagera Region
| Bukoba
| 8
|
| 2,989,299
| 6
| 35xxx
| 100px
|-
| 6
| Katavi Region
| Mpanda
| 3
|
| 1,152,958
| 25
| 50xxx
| 100px
|-
| 10
| Kigoma Region
| Kigoma
| 8
|
| 2,470,967
| 9
| 47xxx
| 100px
|-
| 24
| Kilimanjaro Region
| Moshi
| 6
|
| 1,861,934
| 18
| 25xxx
| 100px
|-
| 3
| Lindi Region
| Lindi
| 6
|
| 1,194,028
| 23
| 65xxx
| 100px
|-
| 7
| Manyara Region
| Babati
| 6
|
| 1,892,502
| 17
| 27xxx
| 100px
|-
| 19
| Mara Region
| Musoma
| 7
|
| 2,372,015
| 10
| 31xxx
| 100px
|-
| 11
| Mbeya Region
| Mbeya
| 7
|
| 2,343,754
| 12
| 53xxx
| 100px
|-
| 31
| Mjini Magharibi Region<br>(Zanzibar Urban West)
| Zanzibar City
| 2
|
| 893,169
| 26
| 71xxx
| 100px
|-
| 2
| Morogoro Region
| Morogoro
| 7
|
| 3,197,104
| 4
| 67xxx
| 100px
|-
| 23
| Mtwara Region
| Mtwara
| 7
|
| 1,634,947
| 20
| 63xxx
| 100px
|-
| 25
| Mwanza Region
| Mwanza
| 7
|
| 3,699,872
| 2
| 33xxx
| 100px
|-
| 20
| Njombe Region
| Njombe
| 6
|
| 889,946
| 27
| 59xxx
| 100px
|-
| 28
| Pemba North Region
| Wete
| 2
|
| 272,091
| 28
| 75xxx
| 100px
|-
| 30
| Pemba South Region
| Chake-Chake
| 2
|
| 271,350
| 29
| 74xxx
| 100px
|-
| 13
| Pwani Region
| Kibaha
| 7
|
| 2,024,947
| 15
| 61xxx
| 100px
|-
| 18
| Rukwa Region
| Sumbawanga
| 4
|
| 1,540,519
| 21
| 55xxx
| 100px
|-
| 4
| Ruvuma Region
| Songea
| 6
|
| 1,848,794
| 19
| 57xxx
| 100px
|-
| 22
| Shinyanga Region
| Shinyanga
| 5
|
| 2,241,299
| 13
| 37xxx
| 100px
|-
| 17
| Simiyu Region
| Bariadi
| 5
|
| 2,140,497
| 14
| 39xxx
| 100px
|-
| 5
| Singida Region
| Singida
| 6
|
| 2,008,058
| 16
| 43xxx
| 100px
|-
| 14
| Songwe Region
| Vwawa
| 5
|
| 1,344,687
| 22
| 53xxx
| 100px
|-
| 1
| Tabora Region
| Tabora
| 7
|
| 3,391,679
| 3
| 45xxx
| 100px
|-
| 15
| Tanga Region
| Tanga
| 11
|
| 2,615,597
| 8
| 21xxx
| 100px
|-
| 29
| Unguja North Region<br>(Zanzibar North)
| Mkokotoni
| 2
|
| 257,290
| 30
| 73xxx
| 100px
|-
| 27
| Unguja South Region<br>(Zanzibar South)
| Koani
| 2
|
| 195,873
| 31
| 72xxx
| 100px
|}
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