Shinyanga

Shinyanga, also known as Mji wa Shinyanga in the national language, is a city in northern . The city is the location of the regional headquarters of as well as the district headquarters of Shinyanga Urban District.
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  • Type: City with 140,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tanzania
  • Also known as: Mji wa Shinyanga” and “Schinjanga

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kambarage Stadium.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Shinyanga, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home venue for Kahama United. It currently holds 30,000 people.

Shinyanga

Latitude
-3.6562° or 3° 39′ 22″ south
Longitude
33.4271° or 33° 25′ 38″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
1,133 metres (3,717 feet)
IATA airport code
SHY
United Nations Location Code
TZ SHY
Open location code
6G8M8CVG+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255591375
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
150006
Wiki­data ID
Q818765
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Shinyanga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شينيانغا
  • Asturian: Shinyanga
  • Bengali: শিনায়াঙ্গা
  • Bulgarian: Шинянга
  • Cebuano: Shinyanga
  • Chinese: 希尼安加
  • Chinese: 欣延加
  • Chinese: 辛陽賈
  • Croatian: Shinyanga
  • Danish: Shinyanga
  • Dutch: Shinyanga
  • Egyptian Arabic: شينيانجا
  • Esperanto: Shinyanga
  • Esperanto: Ŝinjango
  • Finnish: Shinyanga
  • French: Shinyanga
  • Fulah: Shinyanga
  • German: Shinyanga
  • Greek: Σινυάνγκα
  • Gujarati: શિનયાંગા
  • Hebrew: שיניינגה
  • Hindi: शिनयेन्गा
  • Indonesian: Shinyanga
  • Italian: Shinyanga
  • Japanese: シニャンガ
  • Kannada: ಶಿಂಯಾನ್ಗ ,
  • Korean: 시니앙가
  • Kotava: Shinyanga
  • Latvian: Šiņanga
  • Latvian: Šinjanga
  • Lithuanian: Šinjanga
  • Malay: Shinyanga
  • Marathi: शिनयांग
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shinyanga
  • Norwegian: Shinyanga
  • Persian: شینیانگا
  • Polish: Shinyanga
  • Portuguese: Shinyanga
  • Romanian: Shinyanga
  • Russian: Шиньянга
  • Sinhala: ශින්යන්ගා
  • South Azerbaijani: شینیانقا
  • Spanish: Shinyanga
  • Swahili: Shinyanga mjini
  • Swahili: Shinyanga
  • Swedish: Shinyanga
  • Tamil: ஷின்யங்கா
  • Telugu: షిన్న్యోగా
  • Thai: ชินยังกา
  • Turkish: Shinyanga
  • Ukrainian: Шиньянга
  • Ukrainian: Шиньянґа
  • Urdu: شینیانگا
  • Vietnamese: Shinyanga
  • Waray (Philippines): Shinyanga
  • Yoruba: Shinyanga
  • Yue Chinese: 辛陽賈
  • Zulu: Shinyanga

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