Tabora Region (Mkoa wa Tabora in Swahili) is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions located in mid-western part of Tanzania. The regional capital is the municipality of Tabora. Tabora is bordered by Shinyanga to the north, Singida to the east, Mbeya and Songwe to the south. lastly, Katavi, Kigoma and Geita, border Tabora to the west. Tabora is by far the largest region in Tanzania by area. Most of the population in the region is concentrated in the north in Nzega district. According to the 2022 national census, Tabora Region had a population of 3,391,679.
The name “Tabora” (Nyamwezi language: Matoborwa) meaning sweet potatoes, a common food ingredient among the Nyamwezi people. Foreigners corrupted the world ” matoborwa” into Tobora and later turned it to Tabora, the name of the region today.
Tabora Region is located on the central plateau of at the latitude between 4 and 7 degrees south of the equator,with majority of its land area lying between 1000m to 1500 m above sea-level. Tabora Region has an area of 76,151 square kilometres (29,402 sq mi), the region is slightly larger than the Central American country of Panama (75,417 square kilometres (29,119 sq mi)).
Tabora Region is in the central-western part of the country. The highest point in Tabora Region is Wumbo peak at 1395m located in eastern Sikonge District. The most prominent mountain is Mount Kizuge located in northern Tabora in Nzega District.
The longest river in Tabora Region is the Ugalla River which feeds in to the lake Tanganyika drainage basin. Other major rivers in Tabora territory are the Malagarasi River which forms the western border with Kigoma Region, in the north is the Wembere River and in the north is the Gombe River.
Another prominent river is the Manonga River which drains east into lake Eyasi in Arusha Region. However, most of rivers in Tabora dry up during the dry season. The Malagarasi swamp is the largest Swamp in Tabora Region and one of the largest in Tanzania. Tabora borders a small eastern part of Lake Sagara.
List of Secondary Schools in Tabora
Private and Government Secondary Schools (O-Level or A-Level Advance) Shule Za Sekondari Best Schools (Bweni-Boarding and Day).
Tabora Schools
- S0176 – Lusangi Moravian Junior Seminary
- S0517 – Kili Secondary School
- S1018 – Puge Secondary School
- S1131 – Itobo Secondary School
- S1142 – Mkindo Secondary School
- S1162 – Igurubi Secondary School
- S1460 – Mwanhala Secondary School
- S1473 – Uyowa Secondary School
- S1629 – Mwanzugi Secondary School
- S1671 – Nata Secondary School
- S1771 – Vumilia Secondary School
- S1826 – Mibono Secondary School
- S1829 – Ugunda Secondary School
- S1990 – Usongelani Secondary School
- S1991 – Isakamaliwa Secondary School
- S2140 – Nkumba Secondary School
- S2144 – Itetemia Secondary School
- S2145 – Tongi Secondary School
- S2147 – Hamza Azizi Ally Memorial Secondary School
- S2149 – Pangale Secondary School
- S2150 – Igigwa Secondary School
- S2152 – Makazi Secondary School
- S2384 – Mwisi Secondary School
- S2518 – Kiwere Secondary School
- S2999 – Mambali Secondary School
- S3001 – Bukene Secondary School
- S3002 – Bugwandege Secondary School
- S3003 – Nkiniziwa Secondary School
- S3004 – Miguwa Secondary School
- S3005 – Karitu Secondary School
- S3007 – Magengati Secondary School
- S3008 – Ikindwa Secondary School
- S3009 – Mogwa Secondary School
- S3010 – Mwakashanhala Secondary School
- S3011 – Ijanija Secondary School
- S3012 – Isanzu Secondary School
- S3013 – Budushi Secondary School
- S3014 – Mirambo Itobo Secondary School
- S3015 – Mwangoye Secondary School
- S3355 – Chang’a Secondary School
- S3357 – Ndevelwa Secondary School
- S3358 – Misha Secondary School
- S3360 – Kalunde Secondary School
- S3361 – Itonjanda Secondary School
- S3441 – Imalampaka Secondary School
- S3442 – Tura Secondary School
- S3494 – Igagala Secondary School
- S3530 – Kariakoo Secondary School
- S3569 – Mukangwa Secondary School
- S3574 – Ugunga Secondary School
- S3604 – Mole Secondary School
- S3609 – Igalula Secondary School
- S3679 – Madaha Secondary School
- S3686 – Mwamashimba Secondary School
- S3786 – Upuge Secondary School
- S3788 – Uyumbu Secondary School
- S3806 – Ukumbisiganga Secondary School
- S3828 – Kining’inila Secondary School
- S3832 – Choma Secondary School
- S3929 – Wela Secondary School
- S3998 – Ikongolo Secondary School
- S4041 – Kazaroho Secondary School
- S4043 – Bombamzinga Secondary School
- S4056 – Shigamba Secondary School
- S4059 – Imalamakoye Secondary School
- S4072 – Igoweko Secondary School
- S4073 – Misana Secondary School
- S4074 – Mwamashiga Secondary School
- S4075 – Ichama Secondary School
- S4076 – Ngulumwa Secondary School
- S4082 – Sungwizi Secondary School
- S4089 – Kapilula Secondary School
- S4099 – Mkolye Secondary School
- S4106 – Ndembezi Secondary School
- S4125 – Bukoko Secondary School
- S4127 – Chetu Secondary School
- S4128 – Mabama Secondary School
- S4129 – Kinungu Secondary School
- S4136 – Mbutu Secondary School
- S4160 – Igusule Secondary School
- S4174 – Lutende Secondary School
- S4191 – Mwashiku Secondary School
- S4199 – Ibiri Secondary School
- S4212 – Usagari Secondary School
- S4216 – Kisanga Secondary School
- S4279 – Nkinga Secondary School
- S4311 – Itumba Secondary School
- S4323 – Loya Secondary School
- S4324 – Lolangulu Secondary School
- S4343 – Langwa Secondary School
- S4359 – Kipili Secondary School
- S4399 – Itunduru Secondary School
- S4410 – Kiloleni Secondary School
- S4412 – Ikomwa Secondary School
- S4422 – Mabonde Secondary School
- S4473 – Usunga Secondary School
- S4519 – Tutuo Secondary School
- S4524 – Kiloli Secondary School
- S4525 – Sigili Secondary School
- S4526 – Kasela Secondary School
- S4527 – Itilo Secondary School
- S4528 – Muhugi Secondary School
- S4562 – Mwakipanga Secondary School
- S4858 – Shitage Secondary School
- S4866 – Undomo Secondary School
- S4921 – Kamagi Secondary School
- S4934 – Mwayunge Secondary School
- S0111 – Itaga Seminary
- S0155 – Tabora Boys Secondary School
- S0220 – Tabora Girls Secondary School
- S0314 – Kazima Secondary School
- S0346 – Uyui Secondary School
- S0380 – Uchama Secondary School
- S0450 – Usoke Secondary School
- S0513 – Mihayo Secondary School
- S0631 – Umoja Secondary School
- S0666 – Badri Secondary School
- S0713 – Igunga Secondary School
- S0740 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi Isl. Secondary School
- S0744 – Nanga Secondary School
- S0754 – Urambo Day Secondary School
- S0765 – Unyanyembe Secondary School
- S0772 – Isevya Secondary School
- S0786 – Ndono Secondary School
- S0824 – Idete Secondary School
- S0846 – Ukombozi Secondary School
- S0936 – Kaliua Secondary School
- S1049 – St.Thomas Aquinas’ Secondary Schoo
- S1182 – Ulyankulu Secondary School
- S1243 – Bishop Kisanji Secondary School
- S1251 – Ziba Secondary School
- S1253 – Ulaya Secondary School
- S1259 – Nzega Secondary School
- S1375 – New Era Secondary School
- S2141 – Ipuli Secondary School
- S2142 – Kaze Hill Secondary School
- S2143 – Cheyo Secondary School
- S2146 – Kampala Secondary School
- S2151 – Goweko Secondary School
- S2531 – Kashishi Secondary School
- S2998 – Bulunde Secondary School
- S3356 – Fundikira Secondary School
- S3359 – Sikanda Secondary School
- S3362 – Nyamwezi Secondary School
- S3572 – Lwanzali Secondary School
- S3623 – St. Vicent Secondary School
- S3626 – Usinge Secondary School
- S3659 – Mwamala Secondary School
- S3714 – Matwiga Secondary School
- S3762 – Usisya Secondary School
- S3779 – Ushokola Secondary School
- S3877 – Chief Ntinginya Secondary School
- S4065 – Simbo Secondary School
- S4118 – Kanyenye Secondary School
- S4178 – Mwongozo Secondary School
- S4189 – Usoji Secondary School
- S4498 – Hanihani Secondary School
- S4733 – St Margaret Maria Alakok Girls Secondary School
- S4766 – St.Peter’s Secondary School
- S4969 – Queen Of Peace Secondary School
Tabora Region has a tropical savanna climate with the Köppen climate classification of Aw. The total average annual precipitation in Western Tabora is 1010mm. While its 700mm or less in east Tabora towards the Singida border. The daily mean temperature is 23 degree Celsius.
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