Simiyu Region
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Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Zone
- Lake
- Capital
- Bariadi
- Districts
- List Bariadi District Bariadi Town Busega District Itilima District Maswa District Meatu District
- Regional commissioner
- Dr. Yahaya Nawanda ( CCM )
- Total
- 25,212 km (9,734 sq mi)
- Rank
- 17th of 31
- Highest elevation naabi hill
- 1,787 m (5,863 ft)
- Density
- 84.900/km (219.89/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Simiyi
- Settler
- Swahili
- Native
- Sukuma , Nyiramba , Nyaturu , and Hadzabe (Tindiga)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Postal code
- 39xxx
- Area code
- 028
- Iso 3166 code
- TZ-30
- Hdi 2021
- 0.508 , low · 20th of 25
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Tanzania
- Named after
- Simiyu River
- Country
- Tanzania
- Located in
- Tanzania
- Capital
- Bariadi
- Population
- 2140497
- Area
- 25212.0
- Elevation
- 1282
- Official website
- www.simiyu.go.tz
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- language used
- Hadza
- topic's main category
- Category:Simiyu Region
- Commons category
- Simiyu Region
- inception
- 2012-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Simiyu Region (Mkoa wa Simiyu in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers a land area of 25,212 km (9,734 sq mi). The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of North Macedonia. The region is bordered to the north by the Lake Victoria and Mara Region, to the south by the Shinyanga Region and Singida Region. Mwanza Region borders the region to the west, 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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simiyu Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.