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 .
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Photo: Aslak Raanes, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in northeastern Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Jipe Ruvu”, “Luffu”, “Rhaptus”, and “Ruvu River”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pangani.

Town
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is a historic town and capital of in the of . The town lies 45 km south of the city of , at the mouth of the River in which the town is named after.

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
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Satellite Map

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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: “Jipe Ruvu”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Luffu”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Pangani River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Rhaptus”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Πανγκάνι”
  • Hausa: “Jipe Ruvu”
  • Hausa: “Luffu”
  • Hausa: “Rafin pangani”
  • Hausa: “Rhaptus”
  • 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: “Rio Pangani”
  • Spanish: “Río Pangani”
  • Swahili: “Pangani”
  • Swedish: “Pangani”
  • Ukrainian: “Пангані”
  • Ukrainian: “Понгані”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Pangani”
  • Welsh: “Afon Pangani”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bweni and Putini.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pangani and Ras Muheza.

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