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{{Short description|Capital of Tarime District, Mara Region}}
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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]]-[[Kenya]]n border crossing in [[Sirari]] is less than 20km away from Tarime and can be reached by following the paved trunk road T4.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trunk and Regional Roads in Tanzania|url=http://tanroads.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=92|website=Tanroads|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref>
According to the 2012 census, the population of Tarime, which comprises [[Bomani (Tarime)|Bomani]], Nyamisangura and Sabasaba [[Administrative divisions of Tanzania#Wards|wards]], was 33,431.<ref name="Census 2012">{{cite web|title=Census 2012|url=http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|website=National Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154228/http://50.87.153.5/~eastc/sensa/index.php/welcome|archivedate=5 March 2016}}</ref> In 2022 census, [[National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania)|National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania]] report the population of Tarime town is 133,043 consist of 8 [[Administrative divisions of Tanzania#Wards|wards]], which are [[Bomani (Tarime)|Bomani]], Nyamisangura, Sabasaba, Nkende, Nyandoto, Kenyamanyori, Turwa and [[Kentare]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nbs.go.tz/nbs/takwimu/Census2022/Administrative_units_Population_Distribution_Report_Tanzania_Mainland_volume1b.pdf | title=Administrative Units Population Distribution Report | website=www.nbs.go.tz}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Mara Region]]