Kigoma

Kigoma Region is one of 's 31 administrative regions, with the city of as the regional capital. Kigoma Region borders , , , , DRC and According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 2,127,930, which was higher than the pre-census projection of 1,971,332.
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  • Type: region of Tanzania with 2,130,000 residents
  • Description: region of Tanzania
  • Also known as: Kigoma Region

Kigoma

Latitude
-4.75° or 4° 45′ south
Longitude
30.5° or 30° 30′ east
Population
2,130,000
Elevation
1,156 metres (3,793 feet)
Open location code
6G7G7G22+22
Geo­Names ID
157732
Wiki­data ID
Q747943
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kigoma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم كيغوما
  • Asturian: Kigoma
  • Asturian: Rexón de Kigoma
  • Bengali: কিগুমা অঞ্চল
  • Bulgarian: Кигома
  • Catalan: Regió de Kigoma
  • Cebuano: Kigoma Region
  • Central Bikol: Rehiyon Kigoma
  • Chinese: 基戈馬區
  • Chinese: 基戈马区
  • Croatian: Kigoma
  • Danish: Kigoma
  • Dutch: Kigoma
  • Esperanto: Regiono Kigoma
  • Estonian: Kigoma piirkond
  • Finnish: Kigoman alue
  • French: Kigoma
  • Fulah: Kigoma
  • Galician: Rexión de Kigoma
  • Georgian: კიგომის ოლქი
  • German: Kigoma
  • Greek: Περιφέρεια Κιγκόμα
  • Gujarati: કિગોમા પ્રદેશ
  • Hausa: Yankin Kigoma
  • Hebrew: קיגומה
  • Hindi: किगोमा क्षेत्र
  • Indonesian: Region Kigoma
  • Indonesian: Wilayah Kigoma
  • Italian: regione di Kigoma
  • Italian: Regione di Kigoma
  • Japanese: キゴマ州
  • Kannada: ಕಿಗೊಮಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 키고마주
  • Kotava: TanzaniaKigomaGola
  • Latvian: Kigomas reģions
  • Lithuanian: Kigomos regionas
  • Malay: Kigoma Region
  • Marathi: किगोमा प्रदेश
  • Northern Frisian: Kigoma (Regiuun)
  • Northern Frisian: Kigoma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kigoma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kigoma-regionen
  • Norwegian: Kigoma
  • Persian: استان کیگوما
  • Polish: Kigoma
  • Portuguese: Kigoma
  • Romanian: Regiunea Kigoma
  • Russian: Кигома
  • Serbian: Кигома
  • Sinhala: කිගොමා කලාපය
  • Slovenian: Kigoma
  • Spanish: Region de Kigoma
  • Spanish: Región de Kigoma
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Kigoma
  • Swedish: Kigoma
  • Tajik: Вилояти Кигома
  • Tamil: கிகோமா பகுதி
  • Telugu: కిగోమా ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: คิโกมา
  • Turkish: Kigoma bölgesi
  • Turkish: Kigoma Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Кігома
  • Ukrainian: Регіон Кігома
  • Urdu: کیگوما ریجن
  • Urdu: کیگوما علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Kigoma
  • Western Panjabi: کیگوما
  • Wu Chinese: 基戈馬區
  • Yoruba: Agbègbè Kigoma
  • Yue Chinese: 基戈馬區
  • Zulu: Kigoma Region

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