Country Tanzania Capital Mbeya Postcode 53xxx Population 2.707 million (2012) | Zone Southern Highlands Time zone EAT (UTC+3) Website mbeya.go.tz Area code 025 | |
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Area 62,420 km² (60,350 km² Land / 2,070 km² Water) University Mbeya University of Science and Technology | ||
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Mbeya Region is one of Tanzania's 31 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. For 2002-2012, the region's 2.7 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the tenth highest in the country. It was also tied for the eighteenth most densely populated region with 45 people per square kilometer. Prior to 2016, it covered an area of 62,420 square kilometres (24,100 sq mi).
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- Mbeya regional girls science conference 2015 peace corps tanzania
- Map of Mbeya Region Tanzania
- Mbeya region
- Districts
- Geology
- References
Map of Mbeya Region, Tanzania
In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region, including the districts of Ileje, Mbozi and Momba. Mbeya Region is now 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 Songwe Region.
The commissioner for the Mbeya Region is Amos Gabriel Makalla.
Mbeya region
Districts
In 2012, the region was administratively divided into eight districts:
After the 2016 reorganization, Mbeya now comprises seven districts: Busokelo, Chunya, Kyela, Mbarali, Mbeya City, Mbeya Rural, and Rungwe.
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.