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Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Zone
- Lake
- Capital
- Mwanza
- Districts
- List Ilemela Kwimba Magu Misungwi Nyamagana Sengerema Ukerewe
- Regional commissioner
- Adam Malima ( CCM )
- Total
- 25,233 km (9,743 sq mi)
- Land
- 11,796 km (4,554 sq mi)
- Water
- 13,437 km (5,188 sq mi) 53.25%
- Rank
- 16th of 31
- Highest elevation katogoli
- 1,471 m (4,826 ft)
- Density
- 313.65/km (812.36/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Mwanzan
- Settler
- Swahili
- Native
- Wasukuma , Wakerewe , Wakara & Wazinza
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Postcode
- 33xxx
- Area code
- 028
- Iso 3166 code
- TZ-18
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Tanzania
- Named after
- Mwanza
- Country
- Tanzania
- Located in
- Tanzania
- Capital
- Mwanza
- Population
- 3699872
- Area
- 9467.0
- Shares border with
- Simiyu Region
- Official website
- www.mwanza.go.tz
- Image
- 2010-09-14 08-27-46 Tanzania Mwanza Mwanza.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Mwanza Region
- Commons category
- Mwanza Region
- language used
- Kerewe
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Encyclopedic overview
Mwanza Region (Mkoa wa Mwanza in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, covering a total land area of 25,233 km (9,743 sq mi). Mwanza Region is bordered to the north through Lake Victoria by the Kagera Region and Mara Region, to the east by Simiyu Region, to the south by the Shinyanga Region and to the west by Geita Region. The regional capital is the city of Mwanza. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 3,699,872 and national census of 2012 had 2,772,509. Mwanza Region is the second region with high population in Tanzania after Dar es Salaam Region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mwanza Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.