Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Zone
- Central
- Named after
- The town of Tabora
- Capital
- Tabora
- Districts
- List Igunga District Kaliua District Nzega District Sikonge District Tabora Municipal Urambo District Uyui District
- Total
- 72,150 km (27,860 sq mi)
- Rank
- 1st
- Highest elevation mpunde
- 1,627 m (5,338 ft)
- Density
- 47.01/km (121.8/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Taboran
- Settler
- Swahili , Arabs
- Native
- Nyamwezi & Sukuma
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Postcode
- 45xxx
- Area code
- 026
- Iso 3166 code
- TZ-24
- Hdi 2018
- 0.482 , low · 25th of 25
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tabora Region (Mkoa wa Tabora in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions located in mid-western part of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Tabora. Tabora is bordered by Shinyanga to the north, Singida to the east, Mbeya and Songwe to the south. lastly, Katavi, Kigoma and Geita, border Tabora to the west. Tabora is by far the largest region in Tanzania by area. Most of the population in the region is concentrated in the north in Nzega district. According to the 2022 national census, Tabora Region had a population of 3,391,679.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tabora Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.