Singida Region
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Singida Region Mkoa wa Singida (Swahili) |
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| Region | |
 Location in Tanzania |
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| Country | Tanzania |
| Zone | Central |
| Capital | Singida |
| Government | |
| • Regional Commissioner | Dr Parseko Kone |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49,340 km2 (19,050 sq mi) |
| • Land | 48,345 km2 (18,666 sq mi) |
| • Water | 95 km2 (37 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,370,637 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
| Postcode | 43xxx |
| Area code(s) | 026 |
| Website | singida |
Singida is one of the regions of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Singida. The region is bordered to the North by Shinyanga Region, Simiyu Region and Arusha Region, to the Northeast by Manyara Region, to the East by Dodoma Region, to the Southeast by Iringa Region, to the Southwest by Mbeya Region and to the West by Tabora Region. It is one of the poorest regions in Tanzania.
It is accessible from Arusha through Babati and Katesh in Manyara Region; Dar es salaam, Iringa and Mbeya through Dodoma and Tabora, Shinyanga and Mwanza through Nzega in Tabora Region. Although not all the roads are passable all the year round, they expected to be so in the near future when the connections to Arusha, Dodoma and Mbeya will be tarmac. Otherwise the connection to Shinyanga, Mwanza and Tabora via Nzega is passable all the year round.
Singida region is located below the equator between latitudes 3052’ and 7034’. Longitudinally the region is situated between 33027’ and 350 26’ east of Greenwich. To the north, it shares borders with Shinyanga Region; Arusha, Manyara and on the east borders Dodoma. To the south it shares borders with Iringa and Mbeya while on the west there is Tabora Region.
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