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What are the Regions of Tanzania?

Regions (mikoa) are Tanzania's top level of local government, each led by a regional commissioner. This quiz shows 30 regions, including five in the Zanzibar islands.

  • Tanzania was formed in 1964, when Tanganyika and Zanzibar united.
  • Its regions grew out of colonial-era provinces, reorganized in the early 1960s.
  • Manyara was created in 2002.
  • Geita, Katavi, Njombe and Simiyu followed in 2012.
  • Songwe was separated from Mbeya in 2016, bringing the total to 31.

Current quiz contains 30 regions: Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Geita, Iringa, Kagera, Katavi, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Njombe, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar South and Central, Zanzibar West.