Liuli
Liuli, formerly known as Sphinx Hafen, is a settlement on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Malawi in the Mbinga District of Ruvuma province. It is notable for being the site of the first naval action of World War I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 13,100 residents
- Description: town and ward in Ruvuma Region, Tanzania
- Historically known as: “Sphinx Hafen”
Liuli
- Categories: human settlement, ward of Tanzania, and locality
- Location: Ruvuma, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-11.10183° or 11° 6′ 7″ southLongitude
34.64771° or 34° 38′ 52″ eastPopulation
13,100Elevation
476 metres (1,562 feet)Open location code
5GWPVJXX+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 2503725822OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
878242Wikidata ID
Q2309656
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swahili—“Liuli” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Liuli”
- Dutch: “Liuli”
- German: “Liuli”
- German: “Schlacht von Sphinxhafen”
- German: “Sphinxhafen”
- Irish: “Liuli”
- Swahili: “Liuli”
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