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Simiyu Region

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Country
  
Tanzania

Established
  
2012

Postcode
  
39xxx

Population
  
1.584 million (2012)

Area code
  
028

Zone
  
Lake

Time zone
  
EAT (UTC+3)

Area
  
25,212 kmĀ²

Capital
  
Bariadi District

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President dr john magufuli pledges to address water shortage in simiyu region


Simiyu Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Bariadi. The region was created in March 2012, from part of Shinyanga Region.

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According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,584,157. For 2002-2012, the region's 1.8 percent average annual population growth rate was the twenty-third-highest in the country. It was also the fifteenth-most-densely-populated region with 63 people per square kilometer.

Zanzibar buys chalk from simiyu region as part of pledge made by president dr mohamed shein


Districts

The region is administratively divided into five districts:

References

Simiyu Region Wikipedia