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Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa, and its regions (mkoa) are the unit that tells you where you are in it: the highlands round Kilimanjaro, the shores of Lake Victoria, the long coast of the Indian Ocean, or the islands of Zanzibar. Thirty-one of them cover the country, from Tabora and Morogoro, each bigger than most European countries, to the five small regions of Zanzibar.
The regions of Tanzania, mainland and Zanzibar together. Names are Swahili, as they are written on a map there. Dar es Salaam is the largest city and the former capital, but the capital is Dodoma, in the middle of the country, and the Dodoma region is a different answer from the Dodoma city inside it.
Zanzibar is five of the 31: Kaskazini Unguja, Kusini Unguja and Mjini Magharibi on the main island, Unguja, and Kaskazini Pemba and Kusini Pemba on Pemba. Kaskazini means north, Kusini means south, and Mjini Magharibi, the west and town region, holds Zanzibar Town. They are small, and the quiz gives the smallest a tap area so they can be reached.
The mainland counts several regions made in the last few years. Geita, Katavi, Njombe and Simiyu were cut out of their neighbours in 2012, and Songwe in 2016, so a map older than that shows 26. The quiz draws the 31 there are now.
The groups are the eight zones that the country's planning and statistics use: Northern, Eastern, Central, Lake, Western, Southern Highlands, Southern and Zanzibar. No law defines them, but they are how Tanzanians talk about the map, and they let you drill it one piece at a time. The regions are the Tanzania Districts grouped, so the borders of the two maps match exactly.
Dodoma has been the capital since the 1970s, with the government moving there in stages, and it sits in the middle of the country. Dar es Salaam, on the coast, is the city most visitors see and still the country's commercial centre.
Mjini Magharibi is the smallest region, on the west coast of Unguja, the main island of Zanzibar. It holds Zanzibar Town and its old Stone Town, and it is small enough that the quiz gives it a tap area.
31: 26 on the mainland and five in Zanzibar. Geita, Katavi, Njombe, Simiyu and Songwe are the most recent.
No law defines them, but the country's planning and statistics group the regions this way, so the quiz uses them to let you drill a piece of the map at a time.
The districts, whose councils run most local services. They are their own quiz.
The tier below this one is Tanzania Districts. For another country at this level, see Kenya Counties.
