Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (''
mkoa'').
History
* In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to
Kagera Region
Kagera Region (''Mkoa wa Kagera'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 Regions of Tanzania, administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the land area of the Netherlands. Kagera Reg ...
.
* In 2002,
Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region.
* In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu.
* In 2016,
Songwe Region
Songwe Region (''Mkoa wa Songwe'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state ...
was created from the western part of
Mbeya Region
Mbeya Region (''Mkoa wa Mbeya'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of G ...
.
List of regions
Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions.
See also
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Districts of Tanzania
As of 2021, there are 31 regions of Tanzania, regions (Swahili: mkoa, plural mikoa) of Tanzania which are divided into 184 districts (Swahili: wilayah, wilaya).
In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.
The dis ...
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List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index
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List of regions of Tanzania by GDP
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List of regions of Tanzania by poverty rate
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Notes
References
{{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries
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