List of Tanzanian regions by area

This is a list of the administrative regions of Tanzania in order of their total area, land area, and water area. This data precedes the creation of four new regions in March 2012, bringing the total to 30 regions.

Total area

Rank	Region	Square kilometres	Square miles
1	Tabora	76,151	29,402
2	Rukwa	75,240	29,050
3	Morogoro	73,139	28,239
4	Lindi	67,000	25,869
5	Ruvuma	66,477	25,667
6	Mbeya	62,420	24,100
7	Iringa	58,936	22,755
8	Shinyanga	50,781	19,607
9	Singida	49,437	19,088
10	Manyara	47,913	18,499
11	Kigoma	45,066	17,400
12	Dodoma	41,311	15,950
13	Kagera	39,627	15,300
14	Mwanza	35,187	13,586
15	Arusha	34,516	13,327
16	Pwani	32,407	12,512
17	Mara	31,150	11,641
18	Tanga	27,348	10,351
19	Mtwara	16,707	6,451
20	Kilimanjaro	13,209	5,100
21	Dar es Salaam	1,393	538
22	Zanzibar Central/South	854	330
23	Pemba North	574	222
24	Zanzibar North	470	181
25	Pemba South	332	128
26	Zanzibar Urban/West	230	89
27	Njombe	21,347	8,057
28	Katavi	45,843	17,700
29	Simiyu	23,807.7

Land area

Rank	Region	Square kilometres	Square miles
1	Tabora	79,151	29,407
2	Morogoro	70,799	27,336
3	Rukwa	68,635	26,500
4	Lindi	67,000	25,869
5	Ruvuma	63,498	24,517
6	Mbeya	60,350	23,301
7	Iringa	56,864	21,955
8	Shinyanga	50,781	19,607
9	Singida	49,342	19,051
10	Manyara	46,359	17,899
11	Dodoma	41,311	15,950
12	Kigoma	37,037	14,300
13	Arusha	33,809	13,054
14	Pwani	32,407	12,512
15	Kagera	28,388	10,961
16	Tanga	27,348	10,351
17	Mwanza	20,095	7,759
18	Mara	19,566	7,554
19	Mtwara	16,707	6,451
20	Kilimanjaro	13,209	5,100
21	Dar es Salaam	1,393	538
22	Zanzibar Central/South	854	330
23	Pemba North	574	222
24	Zanzibar North	470	181
25	Pemba South	332	128
26	Zanzibar Urban/West	230	89

Water area

Note: Data is available for only twelve regions. The remaining regions do not have significant lakes or other bodies of water.

Rank	Region	Square kilometres	Square miles	Percentage Water
1	Mwanza	15,092	5,827	42.9
2	Kagera	11,239	4,339	28.4
3	Mara	10,584	4,087	34.0
4	Kigoma	8,029	3,100	17.8
5	Rukwa	6,605	2,550	8.8
6	Ruvuma	2,979	1,150	4.5
7	Morogoro	2,340	903	3.2
8	Iringa	2,072	800	3.5
9	Mbeya	2,070	799	3.3
10	Manyara	1,554	600	3.2
11	Arusha	707	273	2.1
12	Singida	95	37	0.2

Sources

Data for the mainland regions are provided by the Statistical Abstract 2011, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics. Data for the regions of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba are provided by Regions of Tanzania, Statoids.

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