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Mwanza

Mwanza is a city in northwest Tanzania

Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
and a southern port

Port

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of Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

Mwanza Region

Mwanza Region is one of the regions of Tanzania. Its capital is Mwanza.The neighbouring regions are Kagera Region to the west, Shinyanga Region to the south, and Mara Region to the east....
and of the ethnic region Basukuma [English: Sukuma

Sukuma

The Sukuma is the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, with an estimate 3.2 million members representing between 10 and 13 percent of the country's total population....
land]. According to a 2002 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
, the population was 378,327, and Mwanza is the second largest city in Tanzania, after Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre....
. It is located at an altitude of 1,140 metres above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
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The city deals with much of the lake trade with neighbouring Uganda

Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
and Kenya

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
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The city deals with much of the lake trade with neighbouring Uganda

Uganda

Kenya

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
, meatpacking, and manufacturing textiles, Arts and soap

SOAP

SOAP, originally defined as Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks....
. Mwanza is connected by rail with Dar es Salaam and Dodoma

Dodoma

Dodoma , officially Dodoma Urban District, population 324,347 , is the national Capital of Tanzania, and also the capital of the Dodoma Region....
. To the South, a road connects Mwanza to Shinyanga

Shinyanga

Shinyanga is a city located in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of the surrounding Shinyanga Region and is located at . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 92,918....
and Singida

Singida

Singida is one of the regions of Tanzania. The region is bordered to the North by Shinyanga Region, to the Northeast by Manyara Region, to the East by Dodoma Region, to the Southeast by Iringa Region, to the Southwest by Mbeya Region and to the West by Tabora Region....
and progress has been made to pave it. To the East, Mwanza is connected to the Western Gate of the Serengeti

Serengeti

This article is about a geographical region; for the National Park see Serengeti National ParkThe Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region located in north-western Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya between latitudes 1 and 3 S and longitudes 34 and 36 E....
and Musoma

Musoma

Musoma is a city located in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region. It has a population of 103,497 . Musoma sits on the eastern edge of Lake Victoria not far from the Kenyan border....
via tarmac road.

Mwanza is the cultural centre of the Sukuma

Sukuma

The Sukuma is the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, with an estimate 3.2 million members representing between 10 and 13 percent of the country's total population....
, the largest ethnic group in Tanzania. A famous landmark is the Bismarck Rock Once known as Mwanamalundi, a large outcrop of granite

Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
rocks.

In 1996, a national tragedy occurred off Mwanza's shores as the MV Bukoba

MV Bukoba

MV Bukoba was a passenger Steamboat that sank in Lake Victoria, 30 kilometers from Mwanza, Tanzania on May 21 1996, killing nearly 1000 people. The boat transported passengers and cargo between Bukoba and Mwanza ports....
sank in Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, drowning estimated 800 passengers.

The Mwanza Medical Institute of Medical Research is an institution researching tropical diseases.

The Nyegezi Social Training Centre was founded in 1960 and is located 10 km south of Mwanza. Specializing in journalism, accounting, and community development, the Nyegezi Social Training Centre has educated personnel to undertake positions of leadership in the countries of East and Central Africa that were able to achieve their independence in the years since its foundingMany non-profit NGOs also exist in Mwanza including Kivulini Women's Rights Organization, Forever Angels, And the Community Development and Relief Agency

Community Development and Relief Agency

The Community Development and Relief Agency is a Non-Governmental Organisation founded in 2001 to work with the poor or marginalised sections of society, to help them achieve sustainable socio-economic growth....

The city is served by Mwanza Airport

Mwanza Airport

Mwanza Airport is an airport in Mwanza, Tanzania .Airlines and destinations*Community Airlines *Precision Air ...
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The city is represented in the Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965....
by football club Toto African

Toto African

Toto African is a Football club in Mwanza, Tanzania. . They play in the top level of Tanzanian professional football, the Tanzanian Premier League....
. The city was represented by the Pamba Football Club (previously owned by the Nyanza Cooperative Union) before its collapse in the early 2000s. The team was famous for its fluid and entertaining playing style.

Mwanza featured prominently in the documentary film Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare is a 2004 in film French-Belgian-Austrian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania....
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Twin town

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
Würzburg

Würzburg

W?rzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken....
, Germany

Germany

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Mwanza

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Twin town

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