{{Short description|Region of Tanzania}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Pemba North Region |native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kaskazini}}}} |nickname = Emerald of Tanzania |settlement_type = [[Regions of Tanzania|Region]] |named_for = [[Pemba Island]] <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a = Vumawimbi Beach, Pemba Island.jpg |photo2a = Pemba Island - Lighthouse (anno 1900) (4993001482).jpg |photo3a = Wete Harbor.jpg |spacing = 2 |space = 2 |size = 225 |position = center |color_border = white |color = white | foot_montage = '''From top to bottom:'''<br /> Vumawimbi Beach, [[Lighthouse]] in North Pemba and [[Wete]] Harbor}} |image_map = Pemba North in Tanzania (zoom).svg |map_caption = Location in Tanzania |coordinates = {{coord|5|1|54.84|S|39|46|32.16|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}} |subdivision_type1 = |subdivision_name1 = |established_title = Administrative Region |established_date = |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Wete]] |parts_type = [[Districts of Tanzania|Districts]] |p1 = [[Micheweni District]] |p2 = [[Wete District]] <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = 574 |area_rank = [[Regions of Tanzania|28th of 31]] |elevation_max_m = 96 |elevation_max_point = Kidichi <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_total = 211,732 |population_as_of = 2012 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_rank = [[Regions of Tanzania|28th of 31]] |demographics_type1 = [[List of ethnic groups in Tanzania|Ethnic groups]] |demographics1_title1 = Settler |demographics1_info1 = [[Swahili people|Swahili]] |demographics1_title2 = Native |demographics1_info2 = [[Hadimu]] |population_demonym = North Pemban |timezone1 = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset1 = +3 |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = 75xxx |area_code = 024 |iso_code = TZ-06 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:TZ|title= ISO 3166|publisher=ISO|access-date=2022-07-10}}</ref> |blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021) |blank_info_sec1 = 0.548<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/TZA/?levels=1+4|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2022-07-22}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|low}} · [[List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index|10th]] |website = {{URL|http://zanzibar.go.tz/|Official website}} |module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes |country = Tanzania |mammal = [[Mops bakarii|Bakari's bat]] |bird = [[File:Otus pembaensis 6713751.jpg|50px|left]] [[Pemba scops owl]] |fish = [[File:Pygoplites diacanthus 01.jpg|50px|left]] [[Regal Angelfish|Regal angelfish]] |butterfly = [[File:Peach Moth 29 06 2010.JPG|50px|left]] [[Egybolis|African peach moth]] |tree = [[File:Rhizophora mucronata Lam. (7204554678).jpg|50px|left]] [[Red mangrove]] |mineral = [[File:Red coral gemstone.jpg|50px|left]] [[Coral]] }} }}
'''Pemba North Region''' or '''North Pemba Region''' ({{Langx|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kaskazini}}) is one of the 31 [[regions of Tanzania]]. The region covers an area of {{cvt|574|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/|title=Unguja South Region Size|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2025}} The administrative region is located entirely on the island of [[Pemba Island|Pemba]]. Pemba North Region is bordered to the north by the [[Indian Ocean]], south by the [[Pemba South Region]] and the west by the [[Pemba Channel]]. The regional capital is [[Wete]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pemba-Island|title=Pemba North's capital| year=2022| access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2025}} According to the 2012 census, the region has a total population of 211,732.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of [[Tanzania]]|access-date=2022-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929213956/https://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Administrative divisions== ===Districts=== Pemba North Region is divided into two [[Districts of Tanzania|districts]], each administered by a council:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Postcodes Kaskazini Pemba Region 75000|publisher=Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)|url=http://www.tcra.go.tz/publications/postcode/pembaKaskazini.pdf|access-date=2012-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902070923/http://www.tcra.go.tz/publications/postcode/pembaKaskazini.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" | Districts of Pemba North Region |- style="text-align:center;" ! Map ! style="width: 10em" | District ! style="width: 10em" | Population (2012) |- | [[File:Micheweni District in Pemba Kaskazini 2022.svg|132x132px]] | [[Micheweni District|Micheweni]] | style="text-align:right;" | 103,816 |- |[[File:Wete District in Pemba Kaskazini 2022.svg|frameless|132x132px]] | [[Wete District|Wete]] | style="text-align:right;" | 107,916 |- | | '''Total''' | style="text-align:right;" | '''211,732''' |}
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