Mara Region

Mara Region
Location of Mara Region in Tanzania

Mara is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. The region is named after the Mara River. Musoma serves as the Region's capital.

The neighbouring regions are Mwanza and Shinyanga (to the south), Arusha (to the south east) and Kagera (through Lake Victoria). To the north east, it borders the Republic of Kenya. Mara region is occupied by various tribal groups including the Luo, Jita, Ruri, Zanaki, Kuria, Kabwa, Kiroba, Simbiti, Ngoreme, Kwaya, Ikoma, Nata, Isenye, Ikizu, Sizaki, Sukuma and Taturu (Datooga). Under British rule, the Mara region was a district in the Lake Province, which became the Lake Region after independence in 1961.[1]

Serengeti National Park, one of the world's most famous game sanctuaries, is within the Mara region. Listed as a World Heritage Site, the national park occupies a vast area of grasslands and woodlands and is home to diverse range of wildlife. It attracts close to 150,000 tourists every year[1]. The sanctuary is home to more than a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles. Apart from conventional tourism in the Serengeti there is also a range of Ecotourism opportunities available in Mara region.

According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mara Region was 1,368,602.

The regional commissioner of the Mara Region is Isidori Shirima.

Contents

Districts

The districts in Mara Region are Bunda (to the south west), Serengeti (to the south east), Tarime and Rorya (to the North), and Musoma Urban (the municipal) and Musoma Rural.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ndembwike, John (2008). Life in Tanzania. Godfrey Mwakikagile. pp. 38–40. 

External links

Coordinates: 1°45′S 34°00′E / 1.75°S 34°E / -1.75; 34


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