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| settlement_type = Region | image_skyline = Kigoma Seeufer.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Lake Tanganyika shore | image_map = Tanzania Kigoma location map.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Tanzania | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Tanzania | subdivision_type1 = Zone | subdivision_name1 = Central | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Kigoma | leader_party = | leader_title = Regional Commissioner | leader_name = Issa Machibya | unit_pref = Metric | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = | area_total_km2 = 37040 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = 2127930 | population_as_of = 2012 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = EAT | utc_offset1 = +3 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 47xxx | area_code = 028 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} Kigoma Region is one of Tanzania's 30 administrative regions. The regional capital is the city of Kigoma. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,127,930, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 1,971,332.〔(Population Distribution by Administrative Units, United Republic of Tanzania, 2013 )〕 For 2002-2012, the region's 2.4 percent average annual population growth rate was tied for the fourteenth highest in the country.〔 It was also the sixteenth most densely populated region with 57 people per square kilometer.〔 With a size of ,〔(Statistical Abstract 2011, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics )〕 the region is slightly smaller than Estonia (). ==Geography== Kigoma Region resides in the northwestern corner of Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The region lies at about 5° south and 30° east of Greenwich. The region is bordered to the north by both Burundi and the Kagera Region. To the east, it is bordered by the Shinyanga and Tabora regions, to the south by the Rukwa Region, and to the west by Lake Tanganyika, which forms a border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The region's total area is ,〔(''National Sample Census of Agriculture 2002/03: Volume Vq: Regional Report: Kagera Region'', Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics, December 2007, page 1 )〕 of which is land and is water.〔 The region's total area is just less than that of Estonia. , approximately 20,000 square kilometres was in forests and 12,000 square kilometres was suitable for grazing or farming.〔 Kigoma Region is on a plateau that slopes from the northeast at about 1,750 meters down to 800 meters at the shore of lake Tanganyika. The topography in the north and east is gently rolling hills that gradually become steeper as they get closer to the Albertine Rift margin.〔 The most important river is the Malagarasi, with the Luiche and the Ruchugi being the two other major rivers draining the region.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kigoma Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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