Mbeya

Mbeya is a city in southwestern . It is the main transit point for connections to and , and the southern access point to Lake Tanganyika.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mbeya Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport located in , . The airport is small and serves the city of Mbeya. It is within the southern section of the city.

Mbeya

Latitude
-8.9065° or 8° 54′ 23″ south
Longitude
33.4687° or 33° 28′ 7″ east
Population
542,000
Elevation
1,697 metres (5,568 feet)
IATA airport code
MBI
United Nations Location Code
TZ MBI
Open location code
6G3M3FV9+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255594923
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
154380
Wiki­data ID
Q335548
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Mbeya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مبيا
  • Armenian: Մբեյա
  • Asturian: Mbeya
  • Belarusian: Мбея
  • Bengali: ম্বেইয়া
  • Bulgarian: Мбея
  • Cebuano: Mbeya
  • Chinese: Mbeya
  • Chinese: 姆貝亞
  • Chinese: 姆贝亚
  • Croatian: Mbeya
  • Czech: Mbeya
  • Danish: Mbeya
  • Dutch: Mbeya
  • Esperanto: Mbejo
  • Esperanto: Mbeya
  • Esperanto: Mubejo
  • Estonian: Mbeya
  • Finnish: Mbeya
  • French: Mbeya
  • German: Mbeya
  • Greek: Μπέυα
  • Gujarati: મબીયા
  • Hebrew: מביה
  • Hindi: म्बेया
  • Hungarian: Mbeya
  • Indonesian: Mbeya
  • Italian: Mbeya
  • Japanese: ムベヤ
  • Kalaallisut: Mbeya
  • Kannada: ಬೆಯಾ ,
  • Korean: 므베야
  • Korean: 음베야
  • Kotava: Mbeya
  • Latvian: Mbeja
  • Lithuanian: Mbeja
  • Malay: Mbeya
  • Maori: Mbeya
  • Marathi: मबीया
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mbeya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mbeya
  • Norwegian: Mbeya
  • Persian: امبیا
  • Polish: Mbeya
  • Portuguese: Beia
  • Portuguese: Mbeya
  • Romanian: Mbeya
  • Russian: Мбее
  • Russian: Мбея
  • Serbian: Мбеја
  • Sinhala: ම්බෙයා
  • South Azerbaijani: امبیا
  • Spanish: Mbeya
  • Swahili: Mbeya city
  • Swahili: Mbeya
  • Swahili: Mji wa Mbeya
  • Swedish: Mbeya
  • Tamil: ம்பெய
  • Telugu: యంబేయా
  • Thai: มเบยา
  • Thai: อึมเบยา
  • Tumbuka: Mbeya
  • Turkish: Mbeya
  • Ukrainian: Мбея
  • Urdu: مبیا
  • Vietnamese: Mbeya
  • Waray (Philippines): Mbeya
  • Wu Chinese: 姆貝亞
  • Yoruba: Mbeya
  • Yue Chinese: 姆貝亞
  • Zulu: Mbeya

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