Unguja North Region

{{Short description|Region of Tanzania}}

{{Redirect|Kaskazini}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Unguja North Region

|native_name = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Mkoa wa Unguja Kaskazini}}}}

|nickname = Tanzania's Paradise; Jewel of Zanzibar

|settlement_type = Region

|named_for = Unguja Island

|image_skyline = {{Photomontage

|photo1a = Nungwi, Zanzibar (51554771606).jpg

|photo2a = Red-Knobbed Starfish Nungwi (cropped).jpg

|photo3a = Nungwi,Zanzibar - panoramio.jpg

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|size = 225

|position = center

|color_border = white

|color = white

| foot_montage = From top to bottom:
Nungwi scene, Red-knobbed starfish on Nungwi Shore & Nungwi Beach }}

|image_map = Zanzibar North in Tanzania (zoom).svg

|map_caption = Location in Tanzania

|coordinates = {{coord|5|56|22.2|S|39|16|44.76|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 = Mkokotoni

|parts_type = Districts

|p1 = Kaskazini A

|p2 = Kaskazini B

|area_total_km2 = 470

|area_rank = 29th of 31

|elevation_max_m = 84

|elevation_max_point = Uwemba Hill

|population_total = 187,455

|population_as_of = 2012

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_rank = 30th of 31

|demographics_type1 = Ethnic groups

|demographics1_title1 = Settler

|demographics1_info1 = Swahili

|demographics1_title2 = Native

|demographics1_info2 = Hadimu

|population_demonym = North Zanzibari

|timezone1 = EAT

|utc_offset1 = +3

|postal_code_type = Postcode

|postal_code = 73xxx

|area_code = 024

|iso_code = TZ-07 {{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 = 0.584{{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}}

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|country = Tanzania

|mammal = File:Panthera pardus adersi2.jpg Zanzibar Leopard

|bird = File:Bishop, Zanzibar BW.jpg Zanzibar red bishop

|fish = File:Butterflyfishes Seychelles.jpg Zanzibar butterflyfish

|butterfly = File:Vine-leaf Vagrant side view wings open 21 09 2010.JPG Eronia cleodora

|tree = File:Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187.jpg Coconut

|mineral = File:Red coral gemstone.jpg Coral

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Unguja North Region, Zanzibar North Region or North Zanzibar Region (Mkoa wa Unguja Kaskazini in Swahili) is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania. The region covers an area of {{cvt|407|km2}}.{{Cite web|url=https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Republic-of-Tanzania/Kaskazini-Unguja-Region|title=Unguja North Region Size|access-date=22 July 2022}} The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Andorra.{{Convert|468|km2|abbr=on}} for Andorra 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 the island of Zanzibar. Unguja North Region is bordered on three sides to the north by Indian Ocean, southeast by Unguja South Region and southwest by Mjini Magharibi Region. The regional capital is the town of Mkokotoni.{{Cite web|url=https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Republic-of-Tanzania/Kaskazini-Unguja-Region|title=Unguja North's capital| year=2022| access-date=22 July 2022}} The region has the fifth highest HDI in the country, making one of the most developed regions in the country.{{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 2012 census, the region has a total population of 187, 455.{{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}} Zanzibar North is divided into two districts, Kaskazini A and Kaskazini B.{{Cite web|year=2007|title=Zanzibar North Region - Tanzania|publisher=Africa Development Information|url=http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/prv/prv_tz_22.html}}