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Rukwa Region (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 07 54 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -7.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 19 58 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Borders Zambia on the SW; settled in the 15th cen. by Kimbu & Fipa chiefdoms; Arabs later dominated along the shoreline; Ngonis moved in from S Africa in the 1840s; mission stations established in 1870s; part of the German colony of Tanganyika in 1885. |
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| Rukwa (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Rukwa (Swahili (generic))
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| Rukwa Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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| Mkoa wa Rukwa (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| TZ24 (C,U,FIPS)
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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