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Kahama

Kahama is a town in north-western . The town serves as the headquarters of .
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  • Type: City with 454,000 residents
  • Description: town in northwestern Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Kahama, Tanzania”

Kahama

Latitude
-3.829° or 3° 49′ 44″ south
Longitude
32.6012° or 32° 36′ 4″ east
Population
454,000
Elevation
1,249 metres (4,098 feet)
IATA airport code
KBH
United Nations Location Code
TZ KHM
Open location code
6G8J5JC2+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261964012
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
158597
Wiki­data ID
Q6346798
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kahama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاهاما”
  • Asturian: “Kahama”
  • Cebuano: “Kahama”
  • Chinese: “卡哈馬”
  • Chinese: “卡哈马”
  • Dutch: “Kahama”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاهاما”
  • Esperanto: “Kahama”
  • Finnish: “Kahama”
  • French: “Kahama”
  • Fulah: “Kahama”
  • German: “Kahama”
  • Japanese: “カハマ”
  • Polish: “Kahama”
  • Portuguese: “Kahama”
  • Romanian: “Kahama”
  • Russian: “Кахама”
  • Spanish: “Kahama”
  • Swahili: “Kahama”
  • Tumbuka: “Kahama, Tanzania”
  • Turkish: “Kahama, Tanzanya”
  • Ukrainian: “Кахама”
  • Zulu: “Kahama, Thanzaniya”
  • Zulu: “Kahama”

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