List of cities in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

Mwanza

Arusha

Dodoma

Mbeya

Morogoro

tanga

Kahama

Tabora

Zanzibar

Kigoma

Sumbawanga

Kasulu

Songea

Moshi

Musoma

Shinyanga

Iringa

Singida

Njombe

Location of the 20 largest cities in Tanzania

This is a list of cities in Tanzania .

By far the largest agglomeration in Tanzania is Dar es Salaam with a population of 4,364,541 (as of 2012).

The following table contains the cities with the most inhabitants, the results of the census of August 26, 1978, August 28, 1988 and August 1, 2002, as well as August 26, 2012. The region to which the Town belongs.

Cities in Tanzania
rank	city	Census year / inhabitant				region
rank	city	1978	1988	2002	2012	region
1.	Dar es Salaam	769,445	1,205,443	2,497,940	4,364,541	Dar es Salaam
2.	Mwanza	110,553	172.287	476,646	706.543	Mwanza
3.	Arusha	55.223	102,544	282.712	416,442	Arusha
4th	Dodoma	45,807	83.205	324,347	410,956	Dodoma
5.	Mbeya	76,601	130,798	266,422	385.279	Mbeya
6th	Morogoro	60,782	117,760	228.863	315,866	Morogoro
7th	tanga	103,399	137.364	243,580	273,332	tanga
8th.	Kahama	---	---	---	242.208	Shinyanga
9.	Tabora	67,388	92,779	135.243	226,999	Tabora
10.	Zanzibar City	110,531	157,634	206.292	223.033	Unguja Mjini Magharibi
11.	Kigoma (Tanzania)	50,075	74,224	144,852	215,458	Kigoma
12.	Sumbawanga	28,586	47,878	80.284	209.793	Rukwa
13.	Kasulu	---	---	---	208.244	Kigoma
14th	Songea	17,955	52,985	108,771	203,309	Ruvuma
15th	Moshi	52,046	96,838	144,336	184.292	Kilimanjaro
16.	Musoma	31.051	63,652	108,242	178,356	Mara
17th	Shinyanga	20,439	46,802	135.166	161.391	Shinyanga
18th	Iringa	57.164	84,860	106,668	151.345	Iringa
19th	Singida	29,258	39,598	115.354	150.379	Singida
20th	Njombe	---	25.213	42,332	130.223	Njombe
21st	Bukoba	21,547	28,702	61,652	128,796	Kagera
22nd	Kibaha	---	---	---	128,488	Pwani
23.	Mtwara	48,491	66,452	92,602	108,299	Mtwara
24.	Mpanda	13,450	41,014	45,977	102,900	Katavi
25th	Tunduma	---	---	34,461	97,562	Mbeya
26th	Makambako	---	---	51,049	93,827	Njombe
27.	Babati	---	---	---	93,108	Manyara
28.	Handeni	---	---	---	79.056	tanga
29	Lindi	27,312	41,587	41,549	78,841	Lindi
30th	Korogwe	---	---	---	68,308	tanga
31.	Mahinga	---	---	---	51.902	Iringa

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ General Report, 2002 Population and Housing Census ( Memento June 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, accessed March 7, 2020 .

[1] General Report, 2002 Population and Housing Census ( Memento June 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

[2] 2012 Population and Housing Census. (PDF) National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance, March 2013, accessed March 7, 2020 .

List of cities in Tanzania

See also

Web links

Individual evidence