Mwanza Region

E208934
administrative region region of Tanzania

Mwanza Region is an administrative region in northwestern Tanzania, located along the southern shores of Lake Victoria and known as a major economic and cultural center, including for the Sukuma people.

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Label Occurrences
Mwanza Region canonical 19

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of Tanzania ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Tanzania ⓘ
borderedByRegion Geita Region ⓘ
Kagera Region ⓘ
Mara Region ⓘ
Simiyu Region ⓘ
borders Lake Victoria ⓘ
capital Mwanza ⓘ
contains Buchosa District ⓘ
Ilemela District ⓘ
Kwimba District ⓘ
Magu District ⓘ
Misungwi District ⓘ
Mwanza city ⓘ
surface form: Mwanza City

Nyamagana District ⓘ
Sengerema District ⓘ
Ukerewe District ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sukuma people ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasISOCode TZ-18 ⓘ
hasMajorCity Mwanza ⓘ
hasPort Mwanza Port ⓘ
hasSettlementType region ⓘ
knownFor cultural center of the Sukuma people ⓘ
fishing industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport hub on Lake Victoria ⓘ
languageSpoken Sukuma language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
locatedIn northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
locatedInCountry Tanzania ⓘ
surface form: United Republic of Tanzania
locatedOn southern shores of Lake Victoria ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Sukuma ⓘ
partOf Lake Zone ⓘ
regionalCapital Mwanza city ⓘ
surface form: Mwanza City
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sukuma people → countrySubdivision → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Mwanza → partOf → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Geita Region → borders → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Ukerewe Island → locatedIn → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Ukerewe Island → region → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Mwanza, Tanzania → locatedIn → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Mwanza, Tanzania → administrativeCenterOf → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Shinyanga Region → borders → Mwanza Region ⓘ
mainland Tanzania → hasRegion → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Sukuma language → region → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Simiyu Region → borderedBy → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Mwanza City Council → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Luo people of Tanzania → primaryResidence → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Lake Victoria zone → includesRegion → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Kerewe language → region → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Nansio → locatedInRegion → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Ukerewe District → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Ukerewe District → countrySubdivision → Mwanza Region ⓘ
Kerewe people → locatedIn → Mwanza Region ⓘ