Uvinza

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Uvinza is a town in western Tanzania known historically for its salt production and location along the Central Line railway in Kigoma Region.

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Uvinza railway station 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeDivision district headquarters
ward
administrativeRegionCapital Uvinza District in Kigoma Region
connectedTo Dar es Salaam via Central Line
Kigoma
Tabora
country Tanzania
economicActivity small-scale agriculture
trade
transport services
governingBody Uvinza District
surface form: Uvinza District Council
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasFeature railway junction area
salt pans
hasHistoricalIndustry colonial-era salt works
pre-colonial salt production
hasNaturalResource salt
hasRailwayStation Uvinza self-linksurface differs
surface form: Uvinza railway station
hasTransportConnection railway
historicalActivity salt extraction
salt trade
historicalSignificance traditional salt-making center in Tanzania
knownFor salt production
languageSpoken Swahili language
surface form: Swahili

local Bantu languages
locatedIn Kigoma Region
Western Zone of Tanzania
surface form: northwestern Tanzania

Western Zone of Tanzania
surface form: western Tanzania

western branch of the East African Rift
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInTimeZoneRegion Dar es Salaam
surface form: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
locatedNear Lake Tanganyika
locatedOn Central Line railway
railway line between Tabora and Kigoma
nearBorderWith Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
partOf Tabora–Kigoma railway
surface form: Tanzania Central Railway network

Uvinza District
railwayLineType metre-gauge railway
railwayOperator Tanzania Railways Corporation
regionCapitalOf Uvinza District
subdivisionType town council
timeZone East Africa Time
transportRole regional rail transport hub
utcOffset +3

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Uvinza hasRailwayStation Uvinza self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Uvinza railway station
Kigoma Region hasTown Uvinza