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Rukwa Region:  is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of 27,765 km2 (10,720 sq mi). The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Haiti.  Rukwa Region is bordered to the north by Katavi Region, to the east by Songwe Region, to the south by the nation of Zambia and to the west by Lake Tanganyika, which forms a border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 1,540,519. The region’s name comes from Lake Rukwa, it was established in 1975 by President Julius Nyerere by taking Mpanda District from the Tabora Region and the former unified Sumbawanga District from the Mbeya Region. Nkasi District was established in 1984.[7] In 2012, the region was reorganized with the Mpanda District going to the new Katavi Region.

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