Pemba South Region

{{Short description|Region of Tanzania}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Pemba South Region

|native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kusini}}}}

|nickname = Tanzania's Coral Region

|settlement_type = Region

|named_for = Pemba Island

|image_skyline = {{Photomontage

|photo1a = Court House Chake-Chake Pemba-Zanzibar.JPG

|photo2a = MV Maendeleo Zanzibar Shipping Company.JPG

|photo3a = GiantClam1.JPG

|spacing = 2

|space = 2

|size = 225

|position = center

|color_border = white

|color = white

|foot_montage = From top to bottom:
Chake Chake Court House, Zanzibari ship docked at Mkoani harbor, South Pemba & Giant clam in South Pemba waters}}

|image_map = Pemba South in Tanzania (zoom).svg

|map_caption = Location in Tanzania

|coordinates = {{coord|5|18|52.92|S|39|46|32.16|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Tanzania}}

|subdivision_type1 =

|subdivision_name1 =

|established_title = Administrative Region

|established_date =

|seat_type = Capital

|seat = Mkoani

|parts_type = Districts

|p1 = Mkoani District

|p2 = Chake Chake District

|area_total_km2 = 332

|area_rank = 29th of 31

|elevation_max_m = 78

|elevation_max_point = Chamgindo

|population_total = 271,350

|population_as_of = 2022

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_rank = 28th of 31

|demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups

|demographics1_title1 = Settler

|demographics1_info1 = Swahili

|demographics1_title2 = Native

|demographics1_info2 = Hadimu

|population_demonym = South Pemban

|timezone1 = EAT

|utc_offset1 = +3

|postal_code_type = Postcode

|postal_code = 74xxx

|area_code = 024

|iso_code = TZ-10 {{cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:TZ|title= ISO 3166|publisher=ISO|access-date=2022-07-10}}

|blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2021)

|blank_info_sec1 = 0.603{{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}}
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|website = {{URL|http://zanzibar.go.tz/|Official website}}

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

|country = Tanzania

|mammal = File:Ngezi forest-Bats.jpg Pemba flying fox

|bird = Pemba green pigeon

|fish = File:Pemba Chromis - Chromis pembae.jpg Pemba Chromis

|butterfly = File:Euxere.jpg Forest queen

|tree = File:Ceriops australis 47792508.jpg Yellow mangrove

|mineral = File:Red coral gemstone.jpg Coral

}}

}}

Pemba South Region or South Pemba Region ({{Langx|sw|Mkoa wa Pemba Kusini}}) is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania,{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/utz.html|title = Tanzania Regions}} covering an area of {{cvt|332|km2}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/admin/|title=Pemba South Region Size|access-date=22 July 2022}} The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation-state of Grenada.{{Convert|617|km2|abbr=on}} for Grenada at {{cite web| url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm|title= Area size comparison| publisher=Nations Online| year=2022|access-date=22 July 2022}} The administrative region is located entirely on Pemba island. Pemba South Region is bordered to the south by Indian Ocean, north by Pemba North Region and the west by the Pemba Channel. The regional capital is Chake-Chake.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} The region has the fifth-highest HDI in the country, making one of the most developed regions in the country. The region has the highest standard of living on Pemba Island.{{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}} According to the 2022 census, the region has a total population of 271,350.{{cite web|url=http://tanzania.countrystat.org/fileadmin/user_upload/countrystat_fenix/congo/docs/Census%20General%20Report-2012PHC.pdf|title=2012 Population and Housing Census General Report|publisher=Government of Tanzania|access-date=2022-07-22}}