Back إقليم كاجيرا Arabic TanzaniaKageraGola AVK Кагера (регион) Bulgarian Regió de Kagera Catalan Kagera Region CEB Kagera (region) Danish Kagera (Region) German Regiono Kagera Esperanto Región de Kagera Spanish Kagera piirkond Estonian
Kagera Region
Mkoa wa Kagera (Swahili) | |
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   From top to bottom: Lake Victoria on Kagera's shores, Mater Misericodiae church in Bukoba and scene from Karagwe District | |
| Nickname(s): The land of Kingdoms; Royal Kagera | |
 Location in Tanzania | |
| Coordinates: 1°55′S 31°18′E / 1.917°S 31.300°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Established | 1961 |
| Named for | Kagera River |
| Capital | Bukoba |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Regional Commissioner | Fatuma Mwasa |
| Area | |
• Total | 35,686 km2 (13,778 sq mi) |
| • Land | 25,513 km2 (9,851 sq mi) |
| • Water | 10,173 km2 (3,928 sq mi) 27% |
| • Rank | 16 of 31 |
| Elevation | 1,400 m (4,600 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Katerere) | 1,917 m (6,289 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,135 m (3,724 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 2,789,577 |
| • Rank | 3 of 31 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kageran |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Settler | Swahili |
| • Native | Wahaya, Wanyambo, Washubi, Wahangaza, Waha, Wazinza & Warongo. |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 35xxx |
| Area code | 028 |
| ISO 3166 code | TZ-05 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.521[1] low · 18th of 25 |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols of Tanzania | |
| Bird | Nyanza swift |
| Butterfly |  |
| Fish |  |
| Mammal | _Ourebia_nigricaudata.png) |
| Tree | .jpg) |
| Mineral |  |
Kagera Region (Mkoa wa Kagera in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of 35,686 km2 (13,778 sq mi).[2] The region is comparable in size to the land area of the Netherlands.[3] Kagera Region is bordered to the east by Lake Victoria, Mwanza Region and Mara Region. The region is bordered to the south by Geita Region and Kigoma Region. Lastly, Kagera borders Rwanda to the west, Uganda to the north and Burundi to the south west. The regional capital city is Bukoba. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 2,989,299, an increase from 2,458,023 recorded in 2012.[4]
- ^ "Subnational HDI (v5.0)". Global Data Lab. Nijmegen, Netherlands: Institute for Management Research Radboud University Nijmegen. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Kagera Region Size".
- ^ 33,481 km2 (12,927 sq mi) for Netherlands at "Area size comparison". Nations Online. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Tanzania country profile". Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.