Pemba South Region

{{Short description|Region of Tanzania}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Pemba South Region |native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kusini}}}} |nickname = Tanzania's Coral Region |settlement_type = [[Regions of Tanzania|Region]] |named_for = [[Pemba Island]]  |image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a = Court House Chake-Chake Pemba-Zanzibar.JPG |photo2a = MV Maendeleo Zanzibar Shipping Company.JPG |photo3a = GiantClam1.JPG |spacing = 2 |space = 2 |size = 225 |position = center |color_border = white |color = white |foot_montage = '''From top to bottom:'''<br /> [[Chake-Chake|Chake Chake]] Court House, [[Zanzibar]]i ship docked at [[Mkoani]] harbor, South Pemba & [[Giant clam]] in South Pemba waters}} |image_map = Pemba South in Tanzania (zoom).svg |map_caption = Location in Tanzania |coordinates = {{coord|5|18|52.92|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 = [[Mkoani]] |parts_type = [[Districts of Tanzania|Districts]] |p1 = [[Mkoani District]] |p2 = [[Chake Chake District]]  |area_total_km2 = 332 |area_rank = [[Regions of Tanzania|29th of 31]] |elevation_max_m = 78 |elevation_max_point = Chamgindo  |population_total = 271,350 |population_as_of = 2022 |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 = South Pemban |timezone1 = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset1 = +3 |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = 74xxx |area_code = 024 |iso_code = TZ-10 <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 = 0.603<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index|5th of 25]] |website = {{URL|http://zanzibar.go.tz/|Official website}} |module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes |country = Tanzania |mammal = [[File:Ngezi forest-Bats.jpg|50px|left]] [[Pemba flying fox]] |bird = [[Pemba green pigeon]] |fish = [[File:Pemba Chromis - Chromis pembae.jpg|50px|left]] [[chromis|Pemba Chromis]] |butterfly = [[File:Euxere.jpg|50px|left]] [[Forest Queen|Forest queen]] |tree = [[File:Ceriops australis 47792508.jpg|50px|left]] [[Yellow mangrove]] |mineral = [[File:Red coral gemstone.jpg|50px|left]] [[Coral]] }} }}

'''Pemba South Region''' or '''South Pemba Region''' ({{Langx|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kusini}}) is one of the 31 [[regions of Tanzania]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statoids.com/utz.html|title = Tanzania Regions}}</ref> covering an area of {{cvt|332|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/|title=Pemba South Region Size|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation-state of [[Grenada]].<ref>{{Convert|617|km2|abbr=on}} for Grenada at {{cite web| url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm|title= Area size comparison| publisher=Nations Online| year=2022|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> The administrative region is located entirely on [[Pemba Island|Pemba]] island. Pemba South Region is bordered to the south by [[Indian Ocean]], north by [[Pemba North Region]] and the west by the [[Pemba Channel]]. The regional capital is [[Chake-Chake]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} The region has the fifth-highest [[Human Development Index|HDI]] in the country, making one of the most developed regions in the country. The region has the highest [[standard of living]] on Pemba Island.<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> According to the 2022 census, the region has a total population of 271,350.<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-date=2022-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929213956/https://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions== ===Districts=== Pemba South Region is divided into two [[Districts of Tanzania|districts]], each administered by a council:

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" | Districts of Pemba South Region |- style="text-align:center;" ! Map ! style="width: 10em" | District ! style="width: 10em" | Population (2022) |- | [[File:Chake Chake District in Pemba Kusini 2022.svg|frameless|132x132px]] | [[Chake Chake District|Chake Chake]] | style="text-align:right;" | 136,298 |- |[[File:Mkoani District in Pemba Kusini 2022.svg|frameless|132x132px]] | [[Mkoani District|Mkoani]] | style="text-align:right;" | 135,052 |- | | '''Total''' | style="text-align:right;" | '''271,350''' |}

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