Katavi Region

Katavi Region is one of the 31 administrative regions of Tanzania, in the far west of the mainland, and its regional capital is Mpanda. It covers an area of 45,843 square kilometres, comparable to Estonia, and is bordered by Kigoma Region to the north and west, Tabora Region to the east, and Rukwa and Songwe regions to the south, while its western edge meets the Democratic Republic of the Congo across Lake Tanganyika. The name comes from Katavi, the spirit of Lake Tanganyika. The land lies at 1,000 to 2,500 metres above sea level, with gentle plains, plateaus, hills, the Mwese highlands and miombo forest, and receives 920 to 1,200 millimetres of rain a year. The 2022 census counted 1,152,958 people.