Sumbawanga

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sumbawanga canonical 8
Sumbawanga Urban District 3
Sumbawanga Municipal Council 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Fipa → regionCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Mlele District → borderingAdministrativeUnit → Sumbawanga District ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga
Rukwa Region → hasCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Rukwa Region → hasLargestCity → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Rukwa Region → hasDistrict → Sumbawanga Urban District ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga
Rukwa Region → hasSettlement → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Sumbawanga → administrativeCenterOf → Sumbawanga Municipal Council ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga
Sumbawanga → partOf → Sumbawanga Urban District ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga
Sumbawanga → governingBody → Sumbawanga Municipal Council ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga
Nkasi District → hasRegionCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Nkasi → regionCapital → Sumbawanga ⓘ
Sumbawanga Rural District → borderedBy → Sumbawanga Urban District ⓘ
linked to: Sumbawanga