Pangani River

The Pangani River, is a major river of northeastern . It has two main sources: the Ruvu, which rises as Lumi at Kilimanjaro, passes through , and empties into the Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir, and the Kikuletwa River, coming from the west and mainly fed by rivers of in , which also enters into the Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir in .
Wikipedia
Photo: Aslak Raanes, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in northeastern Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Jipe Ruvu”, “Luffu”, “Rhaptus”, “Rio Pangani”, and “Ruvu River”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pangani.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
is a historic town and capital of in the of .

Pangani River

Latitude
-5.43124° or 5° 25′ 53″ south
Longitude
38.97473° or 38° 58′ 29″ east
Open location code
6G6WHX9F+GV
Geo­Names ID
150790
Wiki­data ID
Q506955
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Pangani River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Pangani”
  • Belarusian: “Пангані”
  • Bulgarian: “Пангани”
  • Cebuano: “Pangani”
  • Chinese: “潘加尼河”
  • Croatian: “Pangani”
  • Czech: “Pangani”
  • Dutch: “Pangani”
  • French: “Pangani”
  • German: “Pangani”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Pangani River”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Πανγκάνι”
  • Hausa: “Rafin pangani”
  • Igbo: “Osimiri Pangani”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Pangani”
  • Japanese: “パンガニ川”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Pangani”
  • Kotava: “Pangani (kuksa)”
  • Kotava: “Pangani”
  • Lithuanian: “Panganis”
  • Malayalam: “പന്ഗനി നദി”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Pangani River”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pangani”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pangani”
  • Persian: “رودخانه پانگانی”
  • Polish: “Pangani”
  • Russian: “Пангани”
  • Somali: “Webiga Pangani”
  • Spanish: “Río Pangani”
  • Swahili: “Pangani”
  • Swedish: “Pangani”
  • Ukrainian: “Пангані”
  • Ukrainian: “Понгані”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Pangani”
  • Welsh: “Afon Pangani”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bweni and Putini.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pangani and Ras Muheza.

Tanzania: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Dar es Salaam and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Curious Streams to Discover

Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.