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Mtwara Region (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 39 57 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -10.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The country's leading producer of cashew nuts & sesame seeds; other cash crops include copra, kapok, cassava, sisal & peanuts; exports mica, salt, gypsum & rock salt; contains deposits of copal, garnet & beryl. |
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| Mtwara (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Mtwara (Swahili (generic))
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| Mtwara region (C,O,display)
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| Mtwara Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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| Mkoa wa Mtwara (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| TZ11 (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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