Songwe Region
Mkoa wa Songwe (Swahili) | |
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| Nickname(s): Tanzania's door; Door of Tanzania | |
 Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 8°31′25.68″S 32°32′14.28″E / 8.5238000°S 32.5373000°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Zone | Lake |
| Region | 29 January 2016 |
| Capital | Vwawa |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Regional Commissioner | Waziri Kindamba (CCM) |
| Area | |
• Total | 27,656 km2 (10,678 sq mi) |
| • Land | 26,595 km2 (10,268 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,061 km2 (410 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th of 31 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,344,687 |
| • Rank | 22nd of 31 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Songwean |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Native | Nyamwanga, Mambwe, Ndali, Nyiha, Wungu, Wandya & Kimbu |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 53xxx |
| ISO 3166 code | TZ-31[1] |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols of Tanzania | |
| Bird |  |
| Butterfly | _male.jpg) |
| Fish | Lake Rukwa tilapia |
| Mammal | _Hippotragus_niger_I_white_background.png) |
| Tree |  |
| Mineral | _1_(17001285916).jpg) |
Songwe Region (Mkoa wa Songwe in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers a land area of 27,656 km2 (10,678 sq mi).[2] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Haiti.[3] Songwe Region borders the countries of Zambia and Malawi to the south: Tunduma is the main entry point into Zambia while Isongole is the main entry point into Malawi. Songwe also borders the Tanzanian regions of Rukwa and Katavi in the west, Tabora in the north, and Mbeya in the east. Lake Rukwa is a major body of water in the western part of the region. The region was created on 29 January 2016 from the western half of Mbeya Region.[4][5] The regional capital is Vwawa.[6] According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 1,344,687.[7][8]
- ^ "IS0 3166". ISO. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Songwe Region Size".
- ^ 27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) for Haiti at "Area size comparison". Nations Online. 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ Mwakyusa, Alvar (4 February 2016). "Songwe is new region - with four districts". Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "History". Songwe Regional Commissioner's Office. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Songwe Region Socio-Economic Profile 2015" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics, Songwe Regional Commissioner's Office. November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Tanzania country profile" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Tanzania: Regions and Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-09.