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About Mara Region
Mara Region is one of Tanzania‘s 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Musoma. Mara region is known for being the home of Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and also the birth place of Tanzania’s founding father Julius Nyerere. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,743,830, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,963,460.[2]: page 2 For 2002–2012, the region’s 2.5 percent average annual population growth rate was the thirteenth highest in the country.[2]: page 4 It was also the twelfth most densely populated region with 80 people per square kilometer.[2]: page 6
The neighboring regions are Mwanza Region and Simiyu Region (to the south), Arusha Region (to the southeast), and Kagera Region (across Lake Victoria). the Mara Region borders Narok County and Migori County in Kenya (to the northeast). The Mara Region is the home of Tanzania’s first president, Julius Nyerere. The Mara Region was also the birthplace of Benga music.
The Mara Region is the ancestral homeland to the following people:
- Luo
- Jita
- Ruri
- Zanaki,
The Mara region is located in the northern part of mainland Tanzania. It is located between latitudes 1° 0’ and 2° 31’ and between longitudes 33° 10’ and 35° 15’. It contains 30,150 sq kilometers total, 10,584 sq kilometers of such being water area. To the north the Mara region borders Uganda and Kenya. It is also bordered by the Arusha region to its east, Shinyanga region to its south, as well as the Mwanza region in the southwest and west. There are ten administrative districts within the region: Musoma Rural, Musoma Urban, Bunda Rural, Bunda Urban, Butiama, Mwibara, Serengeti, Tarime Rural, Tarime Urban and Rorya.
The Mara Region is home to the Serengeti National Park, one of the world’s most famous national parks. Listed as a World Heritage Site, the national park occupies a large area of grasslands and woodlands and is home to a diverse range of wildlife. It attracts close to 150,000 tourists every year. The sanctuary is home to more than a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles. Apart from conventional tourism in the park, there is also a range of ecotourism opportunities available in the Mara Region.
The Mara region is mostly covered with natural vegetation, but there are large areas for cultivation. The most prevalent landscape seen in the natural vegetation is the “savannah type” most commonly found in areas that receive annual rainfall between 900-1200 mms/year. The Serengeti plains consist of savannah type vegetation with predominant forest vegetation, but mostly scattered woodlands and wooded grasslands. The northern zone, receiving high annual rainfall, is composed of the humid forest. The lowland zones with less annual rainfall consist of wooded grassland and bushland of dense thickets.
Mara Region Contact Information
- P.o.Box 299 Musoma,Katibu Tawala Mkoa wa Mara
- Telephone: +255282622305
- Mobile:
- Fax: +255282622324
- Email: ras.mara@tamisemi.go.tz
Vacancies and Internships at Mara – Nafasi za Kazi Mkoa wa Mara
Mara Region job vacancies are normally advertised through the Mara Official website which can be accessed through this link : http://www.mara.go.tz/
Also, Government jobs in Mara region are normally advertised through the government Official jobs portal (Public Service Recruitment Secretariat-PSRS) which can be accessed through this link- https://ajira.go.tz/.
Find and apply for various Companies, Government Institutions and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Job Vacancies advertised in Mara region by browsing through the links listed below
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Mara useful links
- Mara website: http://www.mara.go.tz/
- Mara job vacancies – careers page: https://ajira.go.tz/
