Kigoma Region
Kigoma Region (Mkoa wa Kigoma in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Kigoma. Kigoma Region borders Kagera Region, Geita Region, Katavi Region, Tabora Region, DRC and Burundi According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,127,930, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 1,971,332.: page 2 For 2002-2012, the region's 2.4 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the fourteenth highest in the country.: page 4 It was also the sixteenth most densely populated region with 57 people per square kilometer.: page 6 With a size of 45,066 square kilometres (17,400 sq mi), the region is slightly smaller than Estonia (45,227 square kilometres (17,462 sq mi)).
Kigoma Region
Mkoa wa Kigoma (Swahili) | |
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Region | |
From top to bottom: Lake Tanganyika in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma District, Kigoma High Court and Mango row in hisotric Ujiji | |
| Nickname: Tanzania's Sunset Region | |
Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 4°52′56.64″S 29°39′41.4″E | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Zone | Western |
| Named for | Kigoma |
| Capital | Kigoma |
| Districts | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37,040 km2 (14,300 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th of 31 |
| Highest elevation (Kicherere) | 1,917 m (6,289 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 2,470,967 |
| • Rank | 10th of 31 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kigoman |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili, Arab, Congolese & Burundians |
| • Native | Ha, Vinza, Jiji & Holoholo |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 47xxx |
| Area code | 028 |
| ISO 3166 code | TZ-05 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.520 low · 19th of 25 |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols of Tanzania | |
| Bird | Livingstone's turaco |
| Butterfly | Large striped swordtail |
| Fish | Frontosa Kigoma |
| Mammal | Chimpanzee |
| Tree | East African Satinwood |
| Mineral | Halite |