Tarime

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title: "Tarime" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-mara-region"] description: "Capital of Tarime District, Mara Region" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-mara-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarime" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Capital of Tarime District, Mara Region ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Tarime
other_name	Mji wa Tarime
native_name
nickname	Strong town
settlement_type	Town
motto	Mji wa wagumu
imagesize	300px
dot_x
pushpin_map	Tanzania
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Tanzania
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Tanzania
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Mara Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Tarime District
government_type	Town Council
leader_title	Mayor
leader_title1	Town Manager
established_title	First Settled
established_title2	Incorporated Town
established_title3	Incorporated City
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2022 census
population_footnotes
population_total	133043
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	GMT + 3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes	tags--
postal_code_type
website
::

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Tarime is a large town in northwestern Mara Region, Tanzania. The town is the location of the district capital of Tarime District. The main Tanzania-Kenyan border crossing in Sirari is less than 20km away from Tarime and can be reached by following the paved trunk road T4.

According to the 2012 census, the population of Tarime, which comprises Bomani, Nyamisangura and Sabasaba wards, was 33,431. In 2022 census, National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania report the population of Tarime town is 133,043 consist of 8 wards, which are Bomani, Nyamisangura, Sabasaba, Nkende, Nyandoto, Kenyamanyori, Turwa and Kentare.

References

References

1. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
2. "Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania".
3. "Census 2012".
4. "Administrative Units Population Distribution Report".

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