Likombe
Likombe is an administrative ward in Mtwara-Mikindani District of Mtwara Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 40 km2, and has an average elevation of 17 m. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 13,302.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mtwara Airport.
Mtwara Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: tariqnazir, CC BY 2.0.
Mtwara Airport is an airport in southern Tanzania serving the town of Mtwara. Mtwara Airport is situated 4½ km southwest of Likombe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mtwara.
Mtwara
Mtwara is the capital city of Mtwara Region in southeastern Tanzania. In the 1940s, it was planned and constructed as the export facility for the disastrous Tanganyika groundnut scheme, but was somewhat neglected when the scheme was abandoned in 1951.
Likombe
- Type: Locality with 13,700 residents
- Description: ward in Mtwara-Mikindani District, Mtwara Region
- Category: ward of Tanzania
- Location: Mtwara Urban, Mtwara, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swahili—“Likombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Likombe”
- German: “Likombe”
- Italian: “Likombe”
- Swahili: “Likombe”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Likombe”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.