Sumbawanga

E673869
town

Sumbawanga is a town in western Tanzania that serves as the main urban and administrative center of the Fipa people and the surrounding Rukwa Region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sumbawanga canonical 5
Sumbawanga District 1
Sumbawanga Urban District 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Rukwa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumbawanga District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumbawanga Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
airportIATAcode SUT NERFINISHED ⓘ
airportICAOcode HTSU NERFINISHED ⓘ
averageElevation approximately 1800 metres ⓘ
climateClassification tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation -7.9667 31.6167 ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
governingBody Sumbawanga Municipal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport Sumbawanga Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution St Aggrey Teachers College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumbawanga Secondary School NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHospital Dr Atiman Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumbawanga Regional Referral Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCode 551xx ⓘ
isCapitalOf Rukwa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUrbanCenterFor Fipa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rukwa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Kifipa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Rukwa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
western Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Fipa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology from Kiswahili phrase "Sumbu waanga" or "Sumbuanga" ⓘ
nameMeaning associated with "throw away your witchcraft" in local tradition ⓘ
nearbyLake Lake Rukwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Katavi National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rukwa Game Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sumbawanga Urban District NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCrop beans ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sunflower ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
region Rukwa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Mbeya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mpanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tunduma NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadType connected by trunk roads ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Fipa → regionCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Ufipa Plateau → administrativeCenterNearby → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Mlele District → borderingAdministrativeUnit → Sumbawanga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumbawanga District
Rukwa Region → hasCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Rukwa Region → hasLargestCity → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Rukwa Region → hasDistrict → Sumbawanga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumbawanga Urban District
Rukwa Region → hasSettlement → Sumbawanga ⓘ