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Mwanza. / 2.517°S 32.900°E / -2.517; 32.900. Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, [2] is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,311,000 in 2023, [3] it is Tanzania's second largest city, after Dar es Salaam.
The Mwanza region has people who are sufficiently literate and are suitable for any form of average intensive technology, according to the Tanzania Human Development Report (THDR 2017), which places the region's expected years of schooling at 9.7, placing it eighth out of the 26 Tanzania Mainland regions. In Mwanza, more than 90% of residents ...
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
Magu District. / 2.583°S 33.433°E / -2.583; 33.433. Magu District [1] is one of the seven districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative centre is the town of Magu on the Simiyu River . It is bordered to the north by Lake Victoria and Busega District, to the east by Bariadi District, to the south by ...
In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region. In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region. [1] In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu. [2] In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region.
Map of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, largest city in Tanzania. Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest city. Dodoma, capital city of Tanzania. Zanzibar City. This is a list of cities, municipalities, and towns in Tanzania.
The park, at the time known as "Saa Nane Island Game Sanctuary", was accidentally bombed during the air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War of 1978–1979. On 29 March 1979, [8] Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ordered one of his Tupolev Tu-22 bombers to attack Mwanza , hoping to thereby intimidate the Tanzanian government into calling off its ...
Ukerewe Island is located in the Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in the great lakes area of Tanzania, 45 km (28 mi) north of the city of Mwanza to which it is linked by ferry. [3] A ferry crossing of 3.8 km (2.4 mi) links the island to a dirt road on the eastern lake shore, which runs to Kibara and the city of Musoma in Mara Region.