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).[3] The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Haiti.[4] 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.[5][6]
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RukwaRegion(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). The region...
Lake Rukwa is an endorheic lake located the Rukwa Valley of RukwaRegion, Songwe Region and Katavi Region in southwestern Tanzania. The lake is the third...
Estonia. Katavi Region is bordered to the east by Tabora Region. The region is bordered to the south by RukwaRegion and Songwe Region. Lastly, Katavi...
184 districts (Swahili: wilaya). In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region. The districts are each administered by a district...
Morogoro Region Mvomero District & Morogoro Rural District Bantu Lungu RukwaRegion Kalambo District Bantu Maasai Manyara Region & Arusha Region Ngorongoro...
Sumbawanga is a city located in western Tanzania. It is the capital of RukwaRegion and the municipal seat of Sumbawanga Urban District with postcode number...
Basin. The main species killed by bushmeat hunters in Tanzania's Katavi-RukwaRegion include impala (Aepyceros melampus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)...
235-metre (772 ft) single-drop waterfall on the border of Zambia and RukwaRegion, Tanzania at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika. The falls are some...
is a comparatively small stream which rises on the Ufipa Plateau in RukwaRegion,Tanzania north-east of Mbala at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5...
Kagera Region 4,928,135 6,458 10 Ruvuma Region 4,903,559 6,426 11 Tabora Region 4,715,065 6,179 12 Mara Region 4,620,797 6,055 13 RukwaRegion 4,497,293...
The Rukwa Valley is a valley located in RukwaRegion, Songwe Region and Katavi Region in southwestern Tanzania. The valley is a part of the Great Rift...
Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Lake Rukwa, to the south by Zambia, to the east by the Mbozi District, and to the west by the Rukwa Region...
the four districts in the RukwaRegion of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Lake Rukwa, to the east by the Mbeya Region, to the south by the Sumbawanga...
and Senga Hill district of Northeastern Zambia and Kalambo District of RukwaRegion, Tanzania. In 1987 the Mambwe population in Tanzania was estimated to...
the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region. In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region. In 2012, four regions...
is the administrative headquarters for the Katavi Region, (created by subdivision of the RukwaRegion in 2012), and for the Mpanda District. It is an important...
linguistic group based in the RukwaRegion of western Tanzania, in the neighbourhood of Mpimbwe to the northwest of Lake Rukwa Pimbwe at Ethnologue (18th...
The Diocese of Lake Rukwa is a south-western diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania: its current bishop is the Rt Revd Ephraim Ntikabuze whose seat...
Sumbawanga in RukwaRegion. The government has sought funds from the European Investment Bank for the upgrade of the airport. Stella Manyanga, the Rukwa Regional...
in the Katavi Region of Tanzania's Southern Highlands established in 2012. The district lies in the south of the region on Lake Rukwa. The district was...
economic leaders 2015: Philanthropist of the Year Award for the East African region by All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) 2015: Business Leader of the...
ethno-linguistic group based in the Sumbawanga Rural and Nkasi districts of RukwaRegion in southwestern Tanzania speaking the Fipa and Mambwe languages. In 1992...
(3/13) Kiwia Machemli Wenje RukwaRegion (1/8) Arfi (left the party following the dissolution of the parliament) Shinyanga Region (4/13) Kahigi Kasulumbayi...
a Bantu ethno-linguistic group based in Mbeya Region and Sumbawanga District of southern RukwaRegion of Tanzania. The Wanda population was estimated...
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