Pwani Region

Pwani Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the town of Kibaha. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,098,668, which was slightly lower than the pre-census projection of 1,110,917.[2]^{:page 2} From 2002 to 2012, the region's 2.2 percent average annual population growth rate was the seventeenth-highest in the country.[2]^{:page 4} It was also the 21st most densely populated region with 34 people per square kilometre.[2]^{:page 6} With a size of 32,407 square kilometres (12,512 sq mi),[3] the region is slightly larger than the U.S. state of Maryland (32,133 square kilometres (12,407 sq mi)).

For the province in Kenya known as "पानी" in Swahili, see Coast Province.

Pwani Region Swahili: पानी
Region
Coast Region
An A14 trunk road connecting Dar es Salaam to the northern zone of Tanzania.
Location in Tanzania
Country	Tanzania
Zone	Coastal
Capital	Kibaha
Government
• Regional Commissioner	Mwantumu Mahiza
Area
• Total	32,547 km2 (12,566 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	1,098,668
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode	61102
Area code(s)	023
HDI (2018)	0.506[1] low · 16th of 25
Website	Regional Website

The region is bordered to the north by the Tanga Region, to the east by the Dar es Salaam Region and the Indian Ocean, to the south by the Lindi Region, and to the west by the Morogoro Region. The word "पानी" (pānī) in Kiswahili means "coast".