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Ruvuma Region (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 11 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -11.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Population is centered around Songea, Tunduru & the W highlands; region produces tobacco, coffee, rice, peanuts, sesame seeds, cashew nuts & beeswax; inhabited by the Nyasa, Matengo, Ngoni & Yao peoples. |
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| Ruvuma (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Ruvuma (Swahili (generic))
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| Ruvuma Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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| Mkoa wa Ruvuma (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| TZ14 (C,U,FIPS)
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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established 1963 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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