Pwani Region

For the province in Kenya known as "Pwani" in Swahili, see Coast Province.

Pwani Region Mkoa wa Pwani  (Swahili)
Region
Coast Region
A14 trunk road connecting Dar es Salaam to the northern zone
Location in Tanzania
Country	Tanzania
Zone	Coastal
Capital	Kibaha
Government
• Regional Commissioner	Mwantumu Mahiza
Area
• Total	32,547 km2 (12,566 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,098,668
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Postcode	61xxx
Area code(s)	023
Website	pwani.go.tz

Pwani Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,098,668, which was slightly lower than the pre-census projection of 1,110,917. For 2002-2012, the region's 2.2 percent average annual population growth rate was the seventeenth highest in the country. It was also the 21st most densely populated region with 34 people per square kilometer. With a size of 32,407 square kilometres (12,512 sq mi), the region is slightly larger than the state of Maryland in the United States (32,133 square kilometres (12,407 sq mi)).

The region is bordered to the north by the Tanga Region, to the east by the Dar es Salaam Region and the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Lindi Region, and to the west by the Morogoro Region. The word "pwani" in Kiswahili means "coast".

Districts

The region is administratively divided into six districts:

Districts of Pwani Region
Map	District	Population (2012)
	Bagamoyo	311,740
	Kibaha	198,697
	Kisarawe	101,598
	Mafia	46,438
	Mkuranga	222,921
	Rufiji	217,274
	Total	1,098,668

Education

Secondary (high) schools operated by the ministry of education in Pwani region include:

• Kibaha Secondary School (Kibaha District)
• Kibiti Secondary School (Rufiji District)
• Minaki Secondary School (Kisarawe District)--This school was established in Kisarawe in 1925, as St. Andrews College. Prior to that, it traces its history back to a Universities' Mission to Central Africa mission school established in Kiungani, Zanzibar, in 1869.