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Mtwara

Mtwara Region is one of 's 31 administrative regions, with its capital as the municipality of . Mtwara Region is home to one of the most influential peoples in Tanzania, the Makonde.
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  • Type: State with 1,270,000 residents
  • Description: region of Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Mtwara Region”

Mtwara

Latitude
-10.699° or 10° 41′ 57″ south
Longitude
39.0218° or 39° 1′ 19″ east
Population
1,270,000
Elevation
611 metres (2,005 feet)
Open location code
5GXX822C+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4353385043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
877744
Wiki­data ID
Q499465
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Mtwara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم متوارا”
  • Asturian: “Mtwara”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Mtwara”
  • Belarusian: “Мтвара”
  • Bengali: “এমতাওয়ারা অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Мтвара”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Mtwara”
  • Cebuano: “Mtwara Region”
  • Chinese: “姆特瓦拉区”
  • Chinese: “姆特瓦拉區”
  • Chinese: “姆特華拉區”
  • Croatian: “Mtwara”
  • Danish: “Mtwara”
  • Dutch: “Mtwara”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Mtwara”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Mutvaro”
  • Estonian: “Mtwara piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Mtwaran alue”
  • French: “Mtwara”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Mtwara”
  • Georgian: “მტვარის ოლქი”
  • German: “Mtwara”
  • German: “TZ-17”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Μτουάρα”
  • Gujarati: “મતવારા પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “मत्तवार क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Region Mtwara”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Mtwara”
  • Italian: “Mtwara”
  • Italian: “regione di Mtwara”
  • Italian: “Regione di Mtwara”
  • Japanese: “ムトワラ州”
  • Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ರಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “므트와라주”
  • Korean: “음트와라 주”
  • Kotava: “TanzaniaMtwaraGola”
  • Latvian: “Mtvaras reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Mtvaros regionas”
  • Malay: “Mtwara Region”
  • Marathi: “मत्तवार प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mtwara (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mtwara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mtwara”
  • Norwegian: “Mtwara”
  • Persian: “استان امتوارا”
  • Polish: “Mtwara”
  • Portuguese: “Mtwara”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Mtwara”
  • Russian: “Мтвара”
  • Serbian: “Mtvara”
  • Serbian: “Мтвара”
  • Sinhala: “ම්ට්වරා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Mtwara”
  • Slovenian: “TZ-17”
  • Spanish: “Mtwara”
  • Spanish: “Region de Mtwara”
  • Spanish: “Región de Mtwara”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mtwara”
  • Swedish: “Mtwara”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Mtvara”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Мтвара”
  • Tamil: “மத்வாரா பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “మత్వారా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “มวารา”
  • Turkish: “Mtwara bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Mtwara Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мтвара”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Мтвара”
  • Urdu: “متوارا ریجن”
  • Urdu: “متوارا علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Mtwara”
  • Western Panjabi: “مٹوارا”
  • Wu Chinese: “姆特瓦拉區”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Mtwara”
  • Yoruba: “Agbègbè Region”
  • Yoruba: “Mtwara Region”
  • Yue Chinese: “姆特華拉區”
  • Zulu: “Mtwara Region”

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