Shinyanga Region

Shinyanga Region is one of the 31 administrative regions of Tanzania, in the north-west of the mainland, and its regional capital is the municipality of Shinyanga. It covers a land area of 18,555 square kilometres, comparable to Fiji, and is bordered by Geita, Mwanza and Simiyu regions to the north and Tabora Region to the south. The region once belonged to Sukuma territory and lies 20 to 160 kilometres south of Lake Victoria, at an average height of about 1,233 metres above sea level. It has a tropical climate with distinct wet and dry seasons and between 600 and 900 millimetres of rain a year. Kigosi National Park lies on its western border with Geita Region. The 2022 census counted 2,241,299 people.