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Kigoma Region
Mkoa wa Kigoma (Swahili)
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
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 4°52′56.64″S 29°39′41.4″E / 4.8824000°S 29.661500°E / -4.8824000; 29.661500
CountryKigoma Region Tanzania
ZoneWestern
Named forKigoma
CapitalKigoma
Districts
List
  • Kigoma-Ujiji District
  • Kasulu District
  • Kasulu Town Council
  • Buhigwe District
  • Kakonko District
  • Kibondo District
  • Uvinza District
Area
 • Total37,040 km2 (14,300 sq mi)
 • Rank8th of 31
Highest elevation
(Kicherere)
1,917 m (6,289 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total2,470,967
 • Rank10th of 31
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
DemonymKigoman
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili, Arab, Congolese & Burundians
 • NativeHa, Vinza, Jiji & Holoholo
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode
47xxx
Area code028
ISO 3166 codeTZ-05[2]
HDI (2021)0.520[3]
low · 19th of 25
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols of Tanzania
Bird
Livingstone's turaco
Butterfly
Large striped swordtail
Fish
Frontosa Kigoma
Mammal
Chimpanzee
Tree
East African Satinwood
Mineral
Halite

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.[4]: 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.[4]: page 4  It was also the sixteenth most densely populated region with 57 people per square kilometer.[4]: page 6  With a size of 45,066 square kilometres (17,400 sq mi),[5] the region is slightly smaller than Estonia (45,227 square kilometres (17,462 sq mi)).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2022_census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "IS0 3166". ISO. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  4. ^ a b c Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013 Archived 2013-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Statistical Abstract 2011, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine

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