Pwani Region ( Mkoa wa Pwani in Swahili ) is one of Tanzania 's 31 administrative regions . The word " Pwani " in Swahili means the " coast ". With the town of Kibaha serving as the capital, the region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Morogoro Region to the west, Lindi Region to the south, and surrounds Dar es Salaam Region to the east. The Indian Ocean also borders the region to its northeast and southeast. The region is home to Mafia Island , the Rufiji delta and Saadani National Park . The region is home to Bagamoyo town, a historical Swahili settlement, and the first colonial capital of German East Africa . According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,098,668, which was slightly lower than the pre-census projection of 1,110,917. From 2002 to 2012, the region's 2.2 percent average annual population growth rate was the seventeenth-highest in the country. It was also the 21st most densely populated region with 34 people per square kilometre., According to the 2022 census the population had nearly doubled to 2,024,947. The region is slightly larger than Belgium (32,133 square kilometres (12,407 sq mi)).
4-520: The Ndengereko are an ethnic and linguistic group from southern Pwani Region , Tanzania . Their homeland is north of the Rufiji River in parts of Muhoro, Kibiti, Ikwiriri, Utete e.t.c. In 2000 the Ndengereko population was estimated to number 110,000. This article about a Tanzanian ethnicity is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pwani Region The native peoples of
8-658: The Pwani Region are the Zaramo , Kwere , Doe , Ndengereko , Zigua , and Rufiji . The Zaramo are the dominant people group in Pwani Region and are native to central Pwani, specifically in Kisarawe, Kibaha, Mkuranga, and Bagamoyo districts. The second-largest group in terms of the territory is the Rufiji people who are native to Rufiji and Kibiti districts. The Kwere and Doe are native to Bagamoyo District and also southern Zigua people. In 2012,
12-603: The population of the Pwani Region increased at a rate of 2.4 percent each year. Between 2002 and 2012, the annual growth rate fell to an average of 2.2 percent. Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Pwani Region's economy. Commercial and peasant farming are practiced, with the latter taking precedence. Crop farming employed 82 percent of the economically active population in the 2007/08 Coast area agriculture sample census report, followed by livestock husbandry (2 percent), and fishing (2%). The remaining 12% worked in non-farming activities such as trade and repairs. Agriculture generates
16-526: The region had 1,098,668 residents, up from 885,017 in the 2002 Population Census, indicating a considerable increase of 213,651 individuals (24.1%) during the intercensal period. The region has a population of 2.5 percent of Tanzania's overall population. When compared to other regions on the Mainland, the Coast Region ranks fifth least populated, followed by Iringa, Lindi, Njombe, and Katavi. Between 1988 and 2002,
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