Ruvuma
Ruvuma Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers a land area of 63,669 km2, comparable in size to the nation state of Latvia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: State with 1,190,000 residents
- Description: region of Tanzania
- Also known as: “Ruvuma Region”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Songea.
Songea
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of 286,285, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea.
Ruvuma
- Categories: region of Tanzania and locality
- Location: Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-10.7497° or 10° 44′ 59″ southLongitude
35.6617° or 35° 39′ 42″ eastPopulation
1,190,000Elevation
845 metres (2,772 feet)Open location code
5GXQ7M26+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4353389721OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
877416Wikidata ID
Q115318
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Ruvuma” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم روفوما”
- Asturian: “Rexón de Ruvuma”
- Asturian: “Ruvuma”
- Bengali: “রুভুমা অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Рувума”
- Catalan: “Regió de Ruvuma”
- Cebuano: “Ruvuma Region”
- Chinese: “魯伍馬區”
- Chinese: “鲁伍马区”
- Croatian: “Ruvuma”
- Danish: “Ruvuma”
- Dutch: “Ruvuma”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Ruvuma”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Ruvumo”
- Estonian: “Ruvuma piirkond”
- Finnish: “Ruvuman alue”
- French: “Ruvuma”
- Galician: “Rexión de Ruvuma”
- Georgian: “რუვუმის ოლქი”
- German: “Ruvuma”
- German: “TZ-21”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ρουβούμα”
- Gujarati: “રુવુમા પ્રદેશ”
- Hindi: “रूवुमा प्रदेश”
- Indonesian: “Region Ruvuma”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Ruvuma”
- Italian: “regione del Ruvuma”
- Italian: “Regione del Ruvuma”
- Italian: “Regione di Ruvuma”
- Japanese: “ルヴマ州”
- Japanese: “ルブマ州”
- Japanese: “ロヴマ州”
- Kannada: “ರುವುಮಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “루부마주”
- Kotava: “TanzaniaRuvumaGola”
- Latvian: “Ruvumas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Ruvumos regionas”
- Macedonian: “Рувума”
- Malay: “Ruvuma Region”
- Marathi: “रुवामा प्रदेश”
- Northern Frisian: “Ruvuma (Regiuun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Ruvuma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruvuma”
- Norwegian: “Ruvuma”
- Persian: “استان روووما”
- Polish: “Ruvuma”
- Portuguese: “Ruvuma”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Ruvuma”
- Russian: “Рувума”
- Serbian: “Ruvuma”
- Serbian: “Рувума”
- Sinhala: “රුවුමා කලාපය”
- Spanish: “Region de Ruvuma”
- Spanish: “Región de Ruvuma”
- Spanish: “Ruvuma”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ruvuma”
- Swedish: “Ruvuma”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Ruvuma”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Рувума”
- Tamil: “ருவுமா பகுதி”
- Telugu: “రువూమా ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “รูวูมา”
- Turkish: “Ruvuma bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Ruvuma Region”
- Ukrainian: “Регіон Рувума”
- Ukrainian: “Рувума”
- Urdu: “رووما علاقہ”
- Urdu: “روووما ریجن”
- Vietnamese: “Ruvuma”
- Western Panjabi: “روڡوما”
- Western Panjabi: “رووما”
- Wu Chinese: “魯伍馬區”
- Yoruba: “Agbègbè Ruvuma”
- Yoruba: “Ruvuma Region”
- Yue Chinese: “魯伍馬區”
- Zulu: “Ruvuma Region”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruvuma Regional Hospital and Songea Post Office.
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