Ujiji

Ujiji is the oldest town in western and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of . Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: city in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Udidji” and “Ugoi”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kigoma Airport and Lake Tanganyika Stadium.

Aerodrome
Photo: leveypa, CC BY 2.0.
is an airport in western serving . is situated 3½ km northwest of Ujiji.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium… is situated 3½ km west of Ujiji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kigoma.

Photo: Erasmus Kamugisha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in .

Ujiji

Latitude
-4.90837° or 4° 54′ 30″ south
Longitude
29.69203° or 29° 41′ 31″ east
Elevation
803 metres (2,635 feet)
Open location code
6G7F3MRR+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 965845175
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
149310
Wiki­data ID
Q526169
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Ujiji” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oedjidji”
  • Arabic: “أوجيجي”
  • Asturian: “Ujiji”
  • Belarusian: “Уджыджы”
  • Chinese: “烏吉吉”
  • Czech: “Udžidži”
  • Dutch: “Ujiji”
  • Estonian: “Ujiji”
  • French: “Ujiji”
  • German: “Udschidschi”
  • German: “Ujiji”
  • Greek: “Ουτζίτζι”
  • Hausa: “Amfani da shi”
  • Hebrew: “אוג’יג’י”
  • Hebrew: “אוגיגי”
  • Italian: “Ujiji”
  • Japanese: “ウジジ”
  • Korean: “우지지”
  • Lithuanian: “Udžidžis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ujiji”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ujiji”
  • Norwegian: “Ujiji”
  • Polish: “Ujiji”
  • Portuguese: “Ujiji”
  • Romanian: “Ujiji”
  • Russian: “Уджиджи”
  • Spanish: “Ujiji”
  • Swahili: “Ujiji”
  • Swedish: “Ujiji”
  • Turkish: “Ujiji”
  • Ukrainian: “Уджиджи”
  • Ukrainian: “Уджіджі”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mkese, Kagera and Kanswa, Kagera.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Solawazi Kigoma and Rusimbi Dispensary.

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