Williamson diamond mine
The Williamson Diamond Mine is a diamond mine 23 kilometres northeast of Shinyanga in Tanzania; it became well known as the first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mine
- Description: diamond mine in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Williamson Diamond Mines” and “Williamson mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mwadui Airport.
Mwadui Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mwadui Airport is an airport serving the Williamson diamond mine, in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. The runway extends along the east side of the mine pit. The Mwadui non-directional beacon is on the field. Mwadui Airport is situated 2½ km northeast of Williamson diamond mine.
Williamson diamond mine
- Categories: diamond mine and industry
- Location: Mwadui Luhumbo, Kishapu District, Shinyanga, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Williamson diamond mine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منجم ويليامسون للألماس”
- Arabic: “منجم ويليامسون للماس”
- Esperanto: “Minejo Williamson”
- French: “mine de diamant Williamson”
- French: “Mine de diamant williamson”
- French: “Mine de diamant Williamson”
- French: “Mine De Diamant Williamson”
- Greek: “Αδαμαντωρυχείο Ουίλιαμσον”
- Hausa: “Williamson Diamond Mine”
- Persian: “معدن الماس ویلیامسون”
- Russian: “Уильямсон”
- Spanish: “mina de diamantes Williamson”
- Spanish: “Mina de diamantes Williamson”
- Spanish: “mina Mwadui”
- Spanish: “mina Williamson”
- Ukrainian: “Вільямсон (копальня)”
- Ukrainian: “Вільямсон”
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