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Kigoma Region

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Kigoma Region ( Mkoa wa Kigoma in Swahili language) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, with the city of Kigoma as the regional capital. Kigoma Region borders Kagera Region, Geita Region, Katavi Region, Tabora Region, DRC and Burundi According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,127,930, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 1,971,332. Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013 For 2002–2012, the region's 2.4 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the fourteenth highest in the country. It was also the sixteenth most densely populated region with 57 people per square kilometer. With a size of , Statistical Abstract 2011, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics the region is slightly smaller than Estonia ().

Geography

Kigoma Region resides in the northwestern corner of Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The region lies at about 5° south and 30° east of Greenwich and is bordered to the north by both Burundi and the Kagera Region. To the east, it is bordered by the Geita Region and Tabora Region Regions, to the south by the Katavi Region, and to the west by Lake Tanganyika, which forms a border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The region's total area is , of which is land and is water. The region's total area is just less than that of Estonia. , approximately was in forests and was suitable for grazing or farming.

Kigoma Region is on a plateau that slopes from the northeast at about down to at the shore of lake Tanganyika. The topography in the north and east is gently rolling hills that gradually become steeper as they get closer to the Albertine Rift margin. The most important river is the Malagarasi River, with the Luiche River and the Ruchugi River being the two other major rivers draining the region.

History

In precolonial Africa the region was a source of ivory and slaves. Tabora and Ujiji were Arab staging areas for shipments to the coast.

Martin Dugard (2026). 9780767910743, Broadway Books. . ISBN 9780767910743

not It was visited by the early European explorers Richard Burton, John Speke, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley. In fact, Stanley met Livingstone in Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on 27 October 1871. In colonial times, the Kigoma area was known as the Western Region and the capital was Tabora.

Administrative divisions

Districts

Kigoma Region is divided into six districts, each administered by a council except Kigoma and Kasulu which administered with two council each.:

Buhigwe District	Buhigwe District Council	254,342
Kakonko District	Kakonko District Council	167,555
Kasulu District	Kasulu District Rural Council	425,794
	Kasulu District Urban Council	208,244
Kibondo District	Kibondo District Council	261,331
Kigoma District	Kigoma District Rural Council	211,566
	Kigoma-Ujiji Municipal Council	215,458
Uvinza District	Uvinza District Council	383,640
Total		2,127,930

Demographics

Kigoma Region has a total population of 2,127,930.

Ha people are the largest ethnic group living here, alongside other significant populations are of the Wabembe, Wamanyema, Tongwe and Vinza, Sukuma people and Haya people. Approximately 150,000 refugees from Burundi and almost another 80,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo reside in three refugee camps in the Kigoma Region, named Nyarugusu, Mtendeli and Nduta.