Manyara Region

{{short description|Region of Tanzania}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Manyara Region

| native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Manyara}}}}

| nickname = The Tanzanite region; Home of Tanzanite {{Cite web|date=|title= Northern Regions Investment Guide| publisher= Office of the Prime Minister, Regional Administration and Local Government| url=https://tanga.go.tz/storage/app/uploads/public/5ea/00a/2de/5ea00a2de2345413590241.pdf|access-date=2023-02-12}}

| settlement_type = Region

| named_for = Lake Manyara

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage

|photo1a = Mount Hanang from Mogitu Ward.jpg

|photo2a = Lake Babati-3.jpg

|photo3a = Mountain views in Arri Ward.jpg

|spacing = 2

|space = 2

|size = 225

|position = center

|color_border = white

|color = white

| foot_montage = From top to bottom:
Mount Hanang from Mogitu Ward, Lake Babati and Mountain views in Arri Ward}}

| image_map = Tanzania Manyara location map.svg

| map_caption = Location in Tanzania

| coordinates = {{coord|4|18|54|S|36|57|14.76|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

| subdivision_type1 = Zone

| subdivision_name1 = Northern

| established_title = Administrative Region

| established_date =

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Babati

| parts_type = Districts

| p1 = Babati Urban

| leader_title = Regional Commissioner

| leader_name = Charles Makongoro Nyerere

| p2 = Mbulu Urban

| p3 = Babati District

| p4 = Hanang District

| p5 = Kiteto District

| p6 = Mbulu District

| p7 = Simanjiro District

| area_total_km2 = 44,522

| area_rank = 7th of 31

| elevation_max_m = 3,418

| elevation_max_point = Mount Hanang

| population_total = 1,892,502

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_rank = 17th of 31

| population_demonym = Manyaran

| demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups

| demographics1_title1 = Settler

| demographics1_info1 = Swahili & Maasai

| demographics1_title2 = Native

| demographics1_info2 = Iraqw, Mbugwe, Assa, Barabaig & Gorowa

| timezone1 = EAT

| utc_offset1 = +3

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 27xxx

| area_code = 027

| iso_code = TZ-26

| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2021)

| blank_info_sec1 = 0.568{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}
{{color|#fc0|medium}} · 9th of 25

| website = {{URL|http://manyara.go.tz/|Official website}}

| module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes

|country = Tanzania

|mammal = File:Oryx gazella - Etosha 2014.jpg Oryx

|bird = File:Ostrich Struthio camelus Tanzania 3724 Nevit.jpgOstrich

|fish = File:Amphimelas Male ManyaraMJG.jpg Oreochromis amphimelas

|butterfly = File:Colotis aurigineus.jpgColotis aurigineus

|tree = File:Canopy of yellow-barked acacia trees (30717803668).jpg Yellow fever acacia

|mineral = File:Trichroic Tanzanite Gem - blue, violet & purple.jpgTanzanite

}}

}}

Manyara Region (Mkoa wa Manyara in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Babati. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,425,131, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,497,555.[http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612082906/http://www.nbs.go.tz/sensa/PDF/Census%20General%20Report%20-%2029%20March%202013_Combined_Final%20for%20Printing.pdf |date=2013-06-12 }}{{rp|page 2}} For 2002–2012, the region's 3.2 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the third highest in the country.{{rp|page 4}} It was also the 22nd most densely populated region with 32 people per square kilometre.{{rp|page 6}}

Lake Manyara is in the northern part of the region. It is bordered to the north by the Arusha Region, to the northeast by the Kilimanjaro Region, to the east by the Tanga Region, to the south by the Dodoma Region, to the southeast by the Morogoro Region, to the southwest by the Singida Region, and to the northwest by the Simiyu Region. The highest mountain in the Manyara Region is Mount Hanang.