{{Short description|Region of Tanzania}} {{Redirect|Kaskazini}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Unguja North Region |native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Unguja Kaskazini}}}} |nicknames = Tanzania's Paradise; Jewel of Zanzibar |settlement_type = [[Regions of Tanzania|Region]] |named_for = [[Unguja|Unguja Island]] <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a = Nungwi, Zanzibar (51554771606).jpg |photo2a = Red-Knobbed Starfish Nungwi (cropped).jpg |photo3a = Nungwi,Zanzibar - panoramio.jpg |spacing = 2 |space = 2 |size = 225 |position = center |color_border = white |color = white | foot_montage = '''From top to bottom:'''<br /> Nungwi scene, [[Red-knobbed starfish]] on Nungwi Shore & Nungwi Beach }} |image_map = Zanzibar North in Tanzania (zoom).svg |map_caption = Location in Tanzania |coordinates = {{coord|5|56|22.2|S|39|16|44.76|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 = [[Mkokotoni]] |parts_type = [[Districts of Tanzania|Districts]] |p1 = Kaskazini A |p2 = Kaskazini B <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = 470 |area_rank = [[Regions of Tanzania|29th of 31]] |elevation_max_m = 84 |elevation_max_point = Uwemba Hill <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_total = 187,455 |population_as_of = 2012 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_rank = [[Regions of Tanzania|30th 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 Zanzibari |timezone1 = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset1 = +3 |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = 73xxx |area_code = 024 |iso_code = TZ-07 <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 = 0.584<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|6th of 25]] |website = {{URL|http://zanzibar.go.tz/|Official website}} |module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes |country = Tanzania |mammal = [[File:Panthera pardus adersi2.jpg|50px|left]] [[Zanzibar leopard|Zanzibar Leopard]] |bird = [[File:Bishop, Zanzibar BW.jpg|50px|left]] [[Zanzibar red bishop]] |fish = [[File:Butterflyfishes Seychelles.jpg|50px|left]] [[Zanzibar butterflyfish]] |butterfly = [[File:Vine-leaf Vagrant side view wings open 21 09 2010.JPG|50px|left]] [[Eronia cleodora]] |tree = [[File:Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187.jpg|50px|left]] [[Coconut]] |mineral = [[File:Red coral gemstone.jpg|50px|left]] [[Coral]] }} }}

'''Unguja North Region''', '''Zanzibar North Region''' or '''North Zanzibar Region''' (''Mkoa wa Unguja Kaskazini'' in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]) is one of the 31 [[regions of Tanzania]]. The region covers an area of {{cvt|407|km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Republic-of-Tanzania/Kaskazini-Unguja-Region|title=Unguja North Region Size|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of [[Andorra]].<ref>{{Convert|468|km2|abbr=on}} for Andorra 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 the island of [[Zanzibar]]. Unguja North Region is bordered on three sides to the north by [[Indian Ocean]], southeast by [[Unguja South Region]] and southwest by [[Mjini Magharibi Region]]. The regional capital is the town of [[Mkokotoni]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Republic-of-Tanzania/Kaskazini-Unguja-Region|title=Unguja North's capital| year=2022| access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> The region has the fifth highest [[Human Development Index|HDI]] in the country, making one of the most developed regions in the country.<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 2012 census, the region has a total population of 187, 455.<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=2022-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326183741/http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zanzibar North is divided into two [[Districts of Tanzania|districts]], Kaskazini A and Kaskazini B.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2007|title=Zanzibar North Region - Tanzania|publisher=Africa Development Information|url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/prv/prv_tz_22.html}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions== ===Districts=== [[File:Kaskazini A District in Unguja Kaskazini 2022.svg|thumb|left|upright=0.60|Map of Kaskazini A District]]

Unguja North Region is divided into two [[Districts of Tanzania|districts]], each administered by a council:

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" | Districts of Unguja North Region |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="width: 10em" | District ! style="width: 10em" | Population (2012) |- | [[Kaskazini A District]] | style="text-align:right;" | 105,780 |- | [[Kaskazini B District]] | style="text-align:right;" | 81,675 |- | '''Total''' | style="text-align:right;" | '''187,455''' |}

===Constituencies=== {{As of|2010}} election Zanzibar North Region had eight constituencies:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organisations located in Zanzibar North Region - Tanzania|publisher=African Development Information|url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/lor/lor_tz_22.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2010 Parliamentary Election Results - As received by NEC|publisher=National Electoral Commission of Tanzania (NEC)|url=http://www.nec.go.tz/index.php?modules=election_results_2010&sub=&etype=2&region=4&district=41&const=190&button2=Submit}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" border=3 |- ! Kaskazini A<br>Constituencies !! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; !! Kaskazini B<br>Constituencies |- | Chaani Constituency || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || Bumbwini Constituency |- | Matemwe Constituency || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || Donge Constituency |- | Mkwajuni Constituency || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || Kitope Constituency |- | Nungwi Constituency || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |- | Tumbatu Constituency || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; || &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |}

==Notable people== *[[Bahati Ali Abeid]], politician

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