Mbeya Region

Mbeya Region
Mkoa wa Mbeya  (Swahili)
Region

Tea fields in Tukuyu

Location in Tanzania
Country Tanzania
Zone Southern Highlands
Capital Mbeya
Government
  Regional Commissioner Amos Gabriel Makalla
Area
  Total 62,420 km2 (24,100 sq mi)
  Land 60,350 km2 (23,300 sq mi)
  Water 2,070 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population (2012)
  Total 2,707,410
  Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Postcode 53xxx
Area code(s) 025
Website mbeya.go.tz

Mbeya Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. It is located in the country's southwest. The regional capital is the city of Mbeya. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,707,410, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 2,822,396.[1]:page 2 For 2002-2012, the region's 2.7 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the tenth highest in the country.[1]:page 4 It was also tied for the eighteenth most densely populated region with 45 people per square kilometer.[1]:page 6 With a size of 62,420 square kilometres (24,100 sq mi),[2] the region is slightly smaller than the state of West Virginia in the United States (62,755 square kilometres (24,230 sq mi)).

The Mbeya Region is bordered to the northwest by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the east by Iringa Region, to the south by Zambia and Malawi, and to the west by Rukwa Region.

The commissioner for the Mbeya Region is Abass Kandoro.[3]

Districts

The region is administratively divided into eight districts:

Districts of Mbeya Region
Map District Population (2012)
Chunya 290,478
Ileje 124,451
Kyela 221,490
Mbarali 300,517
Mbeya 690,598
Mbozi 446,339
Momba 294,380
Rungwe 339,157
Total 2,707,410

Geology

It was announced in February 2012 that the collapsed volcano approximately 200 km north of Mbeya, Mount Ngualla, contained one of the largest rare earth oxide deposits in the world.[4]

References

Coordinates: 8°30′S 33°00′E / 8.500°S 33.000°E / -8.500; 33.000


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