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Pwani Region is one of 's 31 administrative regions. The Swahili word pwani means 'coast'. With the town of serving as the capital, the region borders the to the north, to the west, to the south, and surrounds to the east.
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  • Type: State with 1,100,000 residents
  • Description: region of Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Coast Region”, “Pwani”, and “Pwani Region”

Coast

Latitude
-7.1161° or 7° 6′ 58″ south
Longitude
38.73° or 38° 43′ 48″ east
Population
1,100,000
Elevation
272 metres (892 feet)
Open location code
6G4WVPMJ+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4353387710
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
150602
Wiki­data ID
Q458412
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Coast” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم بواني”
  • Asturian: “Pwani”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Pwani”
  • Belarusian: “Пвані”
  • Bengali: “পউয়ানি অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Пвани”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Pwani”
  • Cebuano: “Coast Region”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی پوانی”
  • Chinese: “滨海区”
  • Chinese: “濱海區”
  • Croatian: “Pwani”
  • Danish: “Pwani”
  • Dutch: “Pwani”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Pŭani”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Pwani”
  • Estonian: “Pwani piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Pwanin alue”
  • French: “Pwani”
  • Galician: “Pwani”
  • Georgian: “პვანის ოლქი”
  • German: “Msata”
  • German: “Pwani”
  • German: “TZ-19”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Πουάνι”
  • Gujarati: “પવાની પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “पवानी प्रदेश”
  • Indonesian: “Region Pwani”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Pwani”
  • Italian: “Pwani”
  • Italian: “regione di Pwani”
  • Italian: “Regione di Pwani”
  • Japanese: “コースト州”
  • Japanese: “プワニ州”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ವಾನಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “프와니주”
  • Kotava: “TanzaniaPwaniGola”
  • Latvian: “Pvani reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Pvanio regionas”
  • Malay: “Pwani Region”
  • Marathi: “पवाणी प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pwani (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pwani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pwani”
  • Norwegian: “Pwani”
  • Persian: “استان پوانی”
  • Polish: “Pwani”
  • Portuguese: “Pwani”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Pwani/Costa”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Pwani”
  • Russian: “Пвани”
  • Serbian: “Pvani”
  • Serbian: “Пвани”
  • Sinhala: “ප්වනි කලාපය”
  • Spanish: “Pwani”
  • Spanish: “Region de Pwani”
  • Spanish: “Región de Pwani”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Pwani”
  • Swahili: “Pwani”
  • Swedish: “Pwani”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Pvani”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Пвани”
  • Tamil: “பவானி பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “ప్వానీ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตปวานิ”
  • Turkish: “Pwani bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Pwani Region”
  • Ukrainian: “Пвані”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Пвані”
  • Urdu: “پوانی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “پوانی علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Pwani”
  • Western Panjabi: “پوانی”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Pwani”
  • Yoruba: “Pwani Region”
  • Yue Chinese: “濱海區”
  • Zulu: “Pwani Region”

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