Katavi Region
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Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Zone
- Western
- Capital
- Mpanda
- Districts
- List Mlele District Mpanda Town Mpanda District Mpimbwe District Nsimbo District
- Regional commissioner
- Mwanamvua Mrindoko ( CCM )
- Total
- 45,843 km (17,700 sq mi)
- Rank
- 6th of 31
- Highest elevation kisusi
- 2,130 m (6,990 ft)
- Density
- 25.150/km (65.139/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Katavian
- Settler
- Swahili & Sukuma
- Native
- Bende , Holoholo , Konongo , Pimbwe , Tongwe , Vinza & Rungwa
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Postcode
- 50xxx
- Area code
- 025
- Iso 3166 code
- TZ-28
- Hdi 2021
- 0.483 , low · 24th of 25
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Katavi Region (Mkoa wa Katavi in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of 45,843 km (17,700 sq mi). The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Estonia. Katavi Region is bordered to the north and the west by Kigoma Region, to the east by Tabora Region, and to the south by Rukwa Region and Songwe Region. Lastly, Katavi borders DRC on Lake Tanganyika to the west. The region derives its name from Katavi, the spirit of lake Tanganyika. The regional capital city is Mpanda. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 1,152,958.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katavi Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.