Rukwa Region (Tanzania)
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Name (Latin)
Rukwa Region (Tanzania)
Other forms of name
Mkoa wa Rukwa (Tanzania)
Coordinates
E0313000 E0313000 S0070000 S0070000 (geonames )
Associated country
Tanzania
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Tanzania. Surveys & Mapping Division. Ramani ya vijiji, mkoa wa Rukwa, c1977:map recto (mkoa wa Rukwa)
- BGN, 6-5-84(Rukwa [brief] Region, 1st order admin. div., 7p0s00ʹS., 31p0s30ʹE.)
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Sumbawanga View
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Wikipedia description:
Rukwa Region(Mkoa wa Rukwa in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of 27,765 km2 (10,720 sq mi), which is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Haiti. Rukwa Region is bordered to the north by Katavi Region, to the east by Songwe Region, to the south by the nation of Zambia and to the west by Lake Tanganyika, which forms a border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2022 national census, the region had a population of 1,540,519.
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