Rukwa

Rukwa Region is one of 's 31 administrative regions The region covers a land area of 27,765 km2, which is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of .
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  • Type: region of Tanzania with 1,000,000 residents
  • Description: region of Tanzania
  • Also known as: Rukwa Region

Rukwa

Latitude
-8° or 8° south
Longitude
31.4167° or 31° 25′ east
Population
1,000,000
Elevation
1,737 metres (5,699 feet)
Open location code
6G4H2C28+2M
Geo­Names ID
150442
Wiki­data ID
Q153329
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Rukwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم روكوا
  • Asturian: Rexón de Rukwa
  • Asturian: Rukwa
  • Basque: Rukwa (eskualdea)
  • Basque: Rukwa
  • Bengali: রুকওয়া অঞ্চল
  • Bulgarian: Руква
  • Catalan: Rukwa
  • Cebuano: Rukwa Region
  • Central Bikol: Rehiyon Rukwa
  • Chinese: 魯夸區
  • Chinese: 鲁夸区
  • Croatian: Rukwa
  • Danish: Rukwa
  • Dutch: Rukwa
  • Esperanto: Regiono Rukvo
  • Esperanto: Regiono Rukwa
  • Estonian: Rukwa piirkond
  • Finnish: Rukwan alue
  • French: Rukwa
  • Galician: Rukwa
  • Georgian: რუკვის ოლქი
  • German: Rukwa
  • German: TZ-20
  • Greek: Περιφέρεια Ρούκουα
  • Gujarati: રુકવા પ્રદેશ
  • Hebrew: רוקווה
  • Hindi: रुक्वा क्षेत्र
  • Indonesian: Region Rukwa
  • Indonesian: Wilayah Rukwa
  • Italian: regione di Rukwa
  • Italian: Regione di Rukwa
  • Japanese: ルクワ州
  • Kannada: ರುಕ್ವಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 루콰주
  • Kotava: TanzaniaRukwaGola
  • Latvian: Rukvas reģions
  • Lithuanian: Rukvos regionas
  • Malay: Rukwa Region
  • Marathi: रुक्वा प्रदेश
  • Northern Frisian: Rukwa (Regiuun)
  • Northern Frisian: Rukwa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rukwa
  • Norwegian: Rukwa
  • Persian: استان روکاوا
  • Polish: Rukwa
  • Portuguese: Rukwa
  • Romanian: Regiunea Rukwa
  • Russian: Руква
  • Serbian: Rukva
  • Serbian: Руква
  • Sinhala: රුක්වා කලාපය
  • Spanish: Region de Rukwa
  • Spanish: Región de Rukwa
  • Spanish: Rukwa
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Rukwa
  • Swedish: Rukwa
  • Tajik: Vilojati Rukua
  • Tajik: Вилояти Рукуа
  • Tamil: ருக்கவா பகுதி
  • Tatar: Руква өлкәсе
  • Telugu: రుక్వా ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: รุกวา
  • Turkish: Rukwa bölgesi
  • Turkish: Rukwa Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Регіон Руква
  • Ukrainian: Руква
  • Urdu: رکوا ریجن
  • Urdu: روکوا علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Rukwa
  • Western Panjabi: رکوا
  • Wu Chinese: 魯夸區
  • Yoruba: Agbègbè Rukwa
  • Yoruba: Rukwa Region
  • Yue Chinese: 魯夸區
  • Zulu: Rukwa Region

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