Nkasi District Council
Nkasi District is one of the three districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, with its headquarters in the village of Namanyere. It is bordered to the north by the Mpanda District of Katavi Region; to the east by the Sumbawanga District; to the south by the Sumbawanga Rural District and Zambia; and to the west by Lake Tanganyika across from the Democratic Republic of Congo.- Type: district of Tanzania with 425,000 residents
- Description: district in Rukwa Region, Tanzania
- Also known as: “Nkansi District”, “Nkasi District”, and “Wilaya ya Nkansi”
Nkasi District Council
- Location: Rukwa, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-7.5833° or 7° 35′ south
Longitude
31° east
Population
425,000
Elevation
1,573 metres (5,161 feet)
Open location code
6G4HC282+M2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“Nkasi District Council” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nkasi”
- Dutch: “Nkasi District”
- German: “Nkasi (Distrikt)”
- German: “Nkasi”
- Greek: “Περιοχή Νκάσι”
- Italian: “Distretto di Nkasi”
- Swahili: “Nkansi”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Nkasi”
- Vietnamese: “Nkasi”
- Zulu: “Nkasi District”
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Places to explore: Mkasama and Namanyere.
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