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Simiyu Region
Mkoa wa Simiyu (Swahili)
Region
From top to bottom:
Serengeti Landscape in Bariadi District, Buffalo in Serengeti National Park & Busega Anglican Church in Busega District
Nickname: 
The cotton region
Location in Tanzania
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 3°40′51.6″S 33°25′37.56″E / 3.681000°S 33.4271000°E / -3.681000; 33.4271000
CountrySimiyu Region Tanzania
ZoneLake
Region2012
CapitalBariadi
Districts
List
  • Bariadi District
  • Bariadi Town
  • Busega District
  • Itilima District
  • Maswa District
  • Meatu District
 • Regional Commissioner(CCM)
Area
 • Total25,212 km2 (9,734 sq mi)
 • Rank17th of 31
Highest elevation
(Naabi Hill)
1,787 m (5,863 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,140,497
 • Rank14th of 31
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
DemonymSimiyi
Ethnic groups
 • SettlerSwahili
 • NativeSukuma, Nyiramba, Nyaturu, and Hadzabe (Tindiga)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code028
ISO 3166 codeTZ-30[1]
HDI (2021)0.508[2]
low · 20th of 25
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols of Tanzania
Bird
Grey-breasted spurfowl
Butterfly
Common joker
Fish
Pundamilia pundamilia
Mammal
African buffalo
Tree
Acacia abyssinica
Mineral
Opal

Simiyu Region (Mkoa wa Simiyu in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers a land area of 25,212 km2 (9,734 sq mi).[3] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia.[4] The region is bordered to the north by the Mara Region, to the south by the Shinyanga Region and Singida Region. Mwanza Region borders the region to the west through Lake Victoria, and Arusha Region to the east. The region is home to the Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, shared with Mara Region. The regional capital is the town of Bariadi. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 2,140,497.[5][6]

  1. ^ "IS0 3166". ISO. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  3. ^ "History | Simiyu Region". simiyu.go.tz.
  4. ^ 25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi) for North Macedonia at "Area size comparison". Nations Online. 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Tanzania country profile" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  6. ^ "Tanzania: Regions and Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

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