Pwani Region (Mkoa wa Pwani in Swahili) is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions. The word “Pwani” in Swahili means the “coast“. With the town of Kibaha serving as the capital, the region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Morogoro Region to the west, Lindi Region to the south, and surrounds Dar es Salaam Region to the east. The Indian Ocean also borders the region to its northeast and southeast.
The region is home to Mafia Island, the Rufiji delta and Saadani National Park. The region is home to Bagamoyo town, a historical Swahili settlement, and the first colonial capital of German East Africa. 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.
From 2002 to 2012, the region’s 2.2 percent average annual population growth rate was the seventeenth-highest in the country. It was also the 21st most densely populated region with 34 people per square kilometre. According to the 2022 census the population had nearly doubled to 2,024,947. The region is slightly larger than Belgium (32,133 square kilometres (12,407 sq mi)).
The native peoples of the Pwani Region are the Zaramo, Kwere, Doe, Ndengereko, Zigua, and Rufiji. The Zaramo are the dominant people group in Pwani Region and are native to central Pwani, specifically in Kisarawe, Kibaha, Mkuranga, and Bagamoyo districts. The second-largest group in terms of the territory is the Rufiji people who are native to Rufiji and Kibiti districts.
The Kwere and Doe are native to Bagamoyo District and also southern Zigua people. In 2012, the region had 1,098,668 residents, up from 885,017 in the 2002 Population Census, indicating a considerable increase of 213,651 individuals (24.1%) during the intercensal period.
The region has a population of 2.5 percent of Tanzania’s overall population. When compared to other regions on the Mainland, the Coast Region ranks fifth least populated, followed by Iringa, Lindi, Njombe, and Katavi. Between 1988 and 2002, the population of the Pwani Region increased at a rate of 2.4 percent each year. Between 2002 and 2012, the annual growth rate fell to an average of 2.2 percent.
List of Secondary Schools in Pwani
Pwani Schools
- S0177 – St. Mary’s Junior Seminary
- S0254 – Wali-Ul-Asr Girls Seminary
- S0280 – Ummu-Salama Girls Secondary School
- S0284 – Roneca Girl’s Secondary School
- S0293 – Athena Secondary School
- S0543 – Maneromango Secondary School
- S0711 – Kitomondo Secondary School
- S0790 – Pwani Secondary School
- S1053 – Rafsanjani-Soga Secondary School
- S1068 – Nasibugani Secondary School
- S1123 – Mzenga Secondary School
- S1149 – Chole Secondary School
- S1172 – Nianjema Secondary School
- S1362 – Kongowe Polytechnic Secondary School
- S1376 – Ruaruke Secondary School
- S1387 – Janguo Secondary School
- S1437 – Filbert Bayi Secondary School
- S1574 – The Great Lakes Secondary School
- S1778 – Kirongwe Secondary School
- S1814 – Oslo High School
- S1881 – Mahege Secondary School
- S2029 – Shungubweni Secondary School
- S2368 – Magindu Secondary School
- S2393 – Mwaseni Secondary School
- S2494 – Mkamba Secondary School
- S2512 – Mohoro Secondary School
- S2533 – Sambu Secondary School
- S2632 – Nyalusi Secondary School
- S2671 – Matimbwa Secondary
- S2689 – Mfuru Secondary School
- S2691 – Kibuta Secondary School
- S2695 – Msamaria Secondary
- S2750 – Mkugilo Secondary School
- S2751 – Panzuo Secondary School
- S2752 – Lukanga Secondary School
- S2866 – Masaki Secondary School
- S3155 – Pangani Secondary School
- S3177 – Kibindu Secondary School
- S3178 – Matipwili Secondary School
- S3181 – Talawanda Secondary School
- S3409 – Bweni Secondary School
- S3410 – Kilindoni Secondary School
- S3444 – Kisiju Secondary School
- S3445 – Kiparang’anda Secondary School
- S3464 – Zogowale Secondary School
- S3465 – Makurunge Secondary School
- S3485 – Waamuzi Secondary School
- S3632 – Kwala Secondary School
- S3636 – Tambani Secondary School
- S3792 – Fabcast Secondary School
- S3811 – Overland Secondary School
- S3881 – Ahmes Secondary School
- S4083 – Gift Skilful Secondary School
- S4115 – Mlanzi Secondary School
- S4151 – Mihande Secondary School
- S4261 – Dosa Azizi Secondary School
- S4285 – Moreto Secondary School
- S4372 – Kiimbwanindi Secondary School
- S4373 – Kisima Secondary School
- S4374 – Tengelea Secondary School
- S4417 – Vianzi Secondary School
- S4446 – Luther Girls Secondary School
- S4565 – Gili Secondary School
- S4621 – Mkiu Secondary School
- S4691 – Kizomla Secondary School
- S4749 – Mbwara Secondary School
- S4750 – Kikale Secondary School
- S4754 – Ngorongo Secondary School
- S4756 – Nyamisati Secondary School
- S4765 – Mamndimkongo Secondary School
- S4768 – Kisiju Pwani Secondary School
- S4770 – Dundani Secondary School
- S4852 – Mtanga Delta Secondary School
- S4868 – Baleni Secondary School
- S4869 – Micheni Secondary School
- S4877 – Kassinga Secondary School
- S4884 – Kizumba Secondary School
- S4900 – Mkuza Girls Secondary School
- S4939 – Centennial Christian Seminary
- S4941 – Mdaula Secondary School
- S4942 – Mboga Secondary School
- S4964 – Heritage Secondary School
- S4974 – Kurui Secondary School
- S5134 – Kimange Secondary School
- S0119 – Kibaha Secondary School
- S0181 – Kisarawe Lutheran Junior Seminary
- S0248 – Marian Girls Secondary School
- S0274 – Sunshine Secondary School
- S0549 – Lugoba Secondary School
- S0669 – Utete Secondary School
- S0702 – Ikwiriri Secondary School
- S0843 – Sotele Secondary School
- S0870 – Kilangalanga Secondary School
- S0922 – Mwinyi Secondary School
- S0954 – Mkongo Secondary School
- S1071 – St. Matthew’s Secondary School
- S1088 – Tumbi Secondary School
- S1106 – Kikaro Secondary School
- S1163 – Ujenzi Secondary School
- S1264 – Bwawani Secondary School
- S1372 – Kiwangwa Secondary School
- S1396 – Chanzige Secondary School
- S1450 – Efatha Seminary
- S1592 – East Coast Secondary School
- S1599 – Baobab Secondary School
- S1619 – Victory Secondary School
- S1639 – Mseru Secondary School
- S1697 – Nyumbu Secondary School
- S1726 – Chalinze Secondary
- S1736 – Zimbwini Secondary School
- S1773 – Miembe Saba Secondary School
- S1967 – Changalikwa Secondary School
- S1968 – Msata Secondary School
- S1969 – Dunda Secondary School
- S2344 – Waliul Islamic Boys
- S2354 – Eagles Secondary School
- S2394 – Msafiri Secondary School
- S2516 – Grace Secondary School
- S2690 – Msimbu Secondary School
- S2692 – Gongoni Secondary School
- S2693 – Mwandege Boys Secondary School
- S2749 – Vikindu Secondary School
- S2811 – Visiga Secondary School
- S2878 – Bright Angels Secondary School
- S3154 – Simbani Secondary School
- S3156 – Mwanalugali Secondary School
- S3157 – Bundikani Secondary School
- S3175 – Kiromo Secondary School
- S3176 – Zinga Secondary School
- S3179 – Kingani Secondary School
- S3180 – Vigwaza Secondary School
- S3182 – Ubena Secondary School
- S3443 – Mwarusembe Secondary School
- S3532 – Acacia Secondary School
- S3907 – Kibaha Girls’ Secondary School
- S4023 – Ruvu Station Secondary School
- S4104 – Lord Baden Powell Memorial Secondary School
- S4116 – Hassanali Damji Secondary School
- S4159 – Mandera Girls Secondary School
- S4213 – Marian Boys’ Secondary School
- S4545 – Mbwawa Secondary School
- S5000 – Wama-Nakayama Secondary School
- S5080 – Kazamoyo Secondary School
- S5096 – Kimani Secondary School
Pwani Region’s economy Agriculture remains the mainstay. Commercial and peasant farming are practiced, with the latter taking precedence. Crop farming employed 82 percent of the economically active population in the 2007/08 Coast area agriculture sample census report, followed by livestock husbandry (2 percent), and fishing (2%).
The remaining 12% worked in non-farming activities such as trade and repairs. Agriculture generates the majority of the region’s monetary income, primarily through the sale of coconuts, oranges, mango, and cassava on a large scale.
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