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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uvinza canonical 4
Uvinza railway station 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Council
linked to: Uvinza District
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasFeature railway junction area
salt pans
hasHistoricalIndustry colonial-era salt works
pre-colonial salt production
hasNaturalResource salt
hasRailwayStation Uvinza railway station
linked to: Uvinza
hasTransportConnection railway
historicalActivity salt extraction
salt trade
historicalSignificance traditional salt-making center in Tanzania
knownFor salt production
languageSpoken Swahili
linked to: Swahili language

local Bantu languages
locatedIn Kigoma Region
northwestern Tanzania
western Tanzania
western branch of the East African Rift
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInTimeZoneRegion Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
linked to: Dar es Salaam
locatedNear Lake Tanganyika
locatedOn Central Line railway
railway line between Tabora and Kigoma
nearBorderWith Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
partOf 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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kigoma Region hasTown Uvinza
Uvinza hasRailwayStation Uvinza railway station
linked to: Uvinza
Uvinza District hasAdministrativeCenter Uvinza