About Mtwara
Mtwara is a city in Mtwara, Tanzania with a population of 140,793. It is the 27th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 4,041st largest worldwide. It lies 668 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Elevation
21 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
-10.267, 40.183
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.