Mara Region

Mara Region Mkoa wa Mara (Swahili)
Region
From top to bottom: Ballooning over the Serengeti in Mara, crocodile on the Mara River and Musoma city view.
Nickname(s):  The land of the Serengeti; Nyerere's homeland
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 1°46′31.44″S 34°9′11.52″E / 1.7754000°S 34.1532000°E / -1.7754000; 34.1532000
Country	Tanzania
Zone	lake
Capital	Musoma
Government
• Regional Commissioner	Dr. Rapahel Chegeni (CCM)
Area
• Total	21,760 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
• Rank	7th of 31
Population  (2022)
• Total	2,372,015
• Rank	10th of 31
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym	Maran
Ethnic groups
• Settler	Swahili, Luo & Sukuma
• Native	Zanaki, Kurya, Ngurimi, Ikoma, Ikizu, Kwaya, Jita, Suba, Kerewe, Sizaki & Simbiti
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode	31xxx
Area code	028
ISO 3166 code	TZ-13 [1]
HDI (2021)	0.541[2] low · 15th of 25
Website	Official website
Symbols of Tanzania
Bird	Secretary bird
Butterfly	Yellow pansy
Fish	[[Haplochromis nyererei ]]
Mammal	Cheetah
Tree	Whistling thorn
Mineral	Gold

Mara Region (Mkoa wa Mara in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of 21,760 km² (8,400 sq mi).^[3] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of El Salvador.^[4] The neighboring regions are Mwanza Region and Simiyu Region (to the south), Arusha Region (to the southeast), and Kagera Region (across Lake Victoria). The Mara Region borders Kenya (to the northeast).The regional capital is the municipality of Musoma. Mara Region is known for being the home of Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and also the birth place of Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere. Under British colonial occupation, the Mara Region was a district called the Lake Province, which became the Lake Region after independence in 1961.^[5]