# Manyara Region

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**Manyara Region** (*Mkoa wa Manyara* in [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language)) is one of [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)'s 31 administrative [regions](/source/Regions_of_Tanzania). The regional capital is the town of [Babati](/source/Babati). According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,497,555.[3]: page 2 For 2002–2012, the region's 3.2 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the third highest in the country.[3]: page 4 It was also the 22nd most densely populated region with 32 people per square kilometre.[3]: page 6

[Lake Manyara](/source/Lake_Manyara) is in the northern part of the region. It is bordered to the north by the [Arusha Region](/source/Arusha_Region), to the northeast by the [Kilimanjaro Region](/source/Kilimanjaro_Region), to the east by the [Tanga Region](/source/Tanga_Region), to the south by the [Dodoma Region](/source/Dodoma_Region), to the southeast by the [Morogoro Region](/source/Morogoro_Region), to the southwest by the [Singida Region](/source/Singida_Region), and to the northwest by the [Simiyu Region](/source/Simiyu_Region). The highest mountain in the Manyara Region is [Mount Hanang](/source/Mount_Hanang).

## Demographics

Manyara Region is inhabited by various ethnolinguistic groups and communities. The latter include the [Assa](/source/Assa_people), [Gorowa](/source/Gorowa_people), [Kw'adza](/source/Kw'adza_people), [Mbugwe](/source/Mbugwe_people), [Datooga](/source/Datooga_people), [Maasai](/source/Maasai_people) and [Barabaig](/source/Barabaig) and [Irakw](/source/Iraqw_people),[4] which is the largest ethnic group in the region.

## Administration

The regional commissioner of the Manyara Region is [Queen Curthbet Sendiga](/source/Queen_Curthbet_Sendiga).[5]

## Economy

Residents of the Manyara Region are mostly farmers. The region's economy is based on the mining of [Tanzanite](/source/Tanzanite) gems on the Mererani Hills in the north on the border with the [Arusha Region](/source/Arusha_Region). Other sources of income are from tourism in the [Tarangire National Park](/source/Tarangire_National_Park), which is entirely located in the region, and [Lake Manyara National Park](/source/Lake_Manyara_National_Park).

## Transport

### Road

One paved road passes through the western part of Manyara Region. Paved trunk road T14 from [Singida](/source/Singida) connects with trunk road T5 in [Babati](/source/Babati) town. Trunk road T5 from [Dodoma](/source/Dodoma) to [Arusha](/source/Arusha) passes through the region; it is paved from [Arusha](/source/Arusha) up to [Dodoma](/source/Dodoma).[6]

## Administrative divisions

### Districts

Manyara Region is divided into six [districts](/source/Districts_of_Tanzania), each administered by a council:

Districts of Manyara Region Map District Population (2012 Census) Babati District 312,392 Babati Town 93,108 Hanang District 275,990 Kiteto District 244,669 Mbulu District 320,279 Simanjiro District 178,693 Total 1,425,131

## Notable people

- [Gabriel Geay](/source/Gabriel_Geay), Long distance runner, national record in Marathon from Babati District
- [John Stephen Akhwari](/source/John_Stephen_Akhwari), Athlete from Mbulu District, Manyara
- [Zakayo Malekwa](/source/Zakayo_Malekwa), Athlete, Javelin national record holder
- [Fabiano Joseph Nassi](/source/Fabiano_Joseph_Naasi), Athlete from Babati, Manyara.
- [Gidamis Shahanga](/source/Gidamis_Shahanga), Athlete from Katesh, Hanang District, Manyara
- [Frederick Sumaye](/source/Frederick_Sumaye), 7th Tanzanian Prime Minister

## See also

- [List of protected areas of Tanzania](/source/List_of_protected_areas_of_Tanzania)

## References

1. ["Northern Regions Investment Guide"](https://tanga.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5ea/00a/2de/5ea00a2de2345413590241.pdf). Office of the Prime Minister, Regional Administration and Local Government. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

1. ["Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab"](https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/). *hdi.globaldatalab.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/) 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

1. [Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013](http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130612082906/http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf) 2013-06-12 at the Wayback Machine

1. Matthiessen, Peter (2010). The Tree Where Man Was Born. Penguin Classics. pp. 275–276. ISBN 0143106244.

1. [Kitabu cha Mawasiliano Serikalini, Tanzania Government Directory, 2012, page 170](https://web.archive.org/web/20130125045210/http://utumishi.go.tz/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=335&Itemid=173)

1. ["Manyara Roads Network"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124245/http://www.tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446620380-Manyara.pdf). *Tanroads*. Archived from [the original](http://www.tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1446620380-Manyara.pdf) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

## External links

- [Official website](http://manyara.go.tz/)
- ["Manyara Region Road Network"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120901232226/http://www.pmoralg.go.tz/quick-menu/road-ntw/pdf/Manyara_RoadNetwork_landscape.pdf). July 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.pmoralg.go.tz/quick-menu/road-ntw/pdf/Manyara_RoadNetwork_landscape.pdf) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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