Bangwe

Bangwe is a neighborhood in , . Bangwe is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kigoma and Ujiji.

Photo: Erasmus Kamugisha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in . Beautifully situated on the shores of . Capital of the Western Region. Main railway terminus on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Town
is the oldest town in western and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of . Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar, In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000. is situated 8 km east of Bangwe.

Bangwe

Latitude
-4.90085° or 4° 54′ 3″ south
Longitude
29.61741° or 29° 37′ 3″ east
Elevation
784 metres (2,572 feet)
Open location code
6G7F3JX8+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5490755192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
161238
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