Image Tanzania Ruvuma location map.svg thumb right 175px Location of RuvumaRegion in Tanzania Ruvuma is a region in Tanzania . It is named after the Ruvuma River which forms most of its southern boundary with Mozambique . It is also bordered to the North by the Morogoro Region , to the Northeast by the Lindi Region , to the East by the Mtwara Region and to the Northwest by the Iringa Region . Ruvuma has a lot of tribe s, such as the Mpoto . The capital is Songea . According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the RuvumaRegion was 1,117,166. http www.tanzania.go.tz census census ruvuma.htm The Regional Commissioner of the RuvumaRegion is Hon. Monica Mbega. http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html Districts The RuvumaRegion is administratively divided into 5 districts Tunduru , Mbinga , Namtumbo , Songea Urban and Songea Rural . Sources http www.tanzania.go.tz census census ruvuma.htm RuvumaRegion Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html Tanzanian Government Directory Database Ruvuma geo stub Districts of Ruvuma Regions of Tanzania coord 11 00 S 36 00 E region TZ type adm1st source GNS enwiki display title Category RuvumaRegion Category Regions of Tanzania bg da Ruvumaregion de RuvumaRegion es Regi n de Ruvuma eo Regiono Ruvuma fa fr Ruvuma r gion gl Rexi n de Ruvuma ko it Regione del Ruvuma sw Mkoa wa Ruvuma mk nl Ruvuma regio ja no Ruvumaregion pnb pl Ruvumaregion pt Ruvuma regi o ro Regiunea Ruvuma sr sv Ruvumaregion tg yo RuvumaRegion zh ... more details
Notability Astro date February 2012 Infobox planet width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Ruvuma symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. Jackson discovery site Johannesburg UO discovered May 16, 1937 designations yes mp name 1427 alt names 1937 KB named after Ruvuma River mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.3290033 perihelion 2.1761981 semimajor eccentricity 0.2094029 period 1668.0660660 avg speed inclination 9.33630 asc node 78.52546 mean anomaly 150.55574 arg peri 242.22967 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0657 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 10.70 1427 Ruvuma 1937 KB is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on May 16, 1937 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg UO . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1427 Ruvuma JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1427 Ruvuma Minor planets navigator 1426 Riviera 1428 Mombasa Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Ruvuma Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for places Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1937 beltasteroid stub de 1427 Ruvuma el 1427 eo 1427 Ruvumo eu 1427 Ruvuma fa it 1427 Ruvuma la 1427 Ruvuma hu 1427 Ruvuma ja no 1427 Ruvuma nn 1427 Ruvuma pl 1427 Ruvuma pt 1427 Ruvuma sk 1427 Ruvuma sr 1427 Ruvuma tl 1427 Ruvuma uk 1427 vi 1427 Ruvuma yo 1427 Ruvuma ... more details
Ruvuma River , formerly also known as the Rovuma River , is a river in East Africa , forming during the greater part of its course the border between Tanzania and Mozambique in Mozambique known as Rio Rovuma . It is convert 800 km mi 0 long, with a drainage basin convert 155500 km2 sqmi 2 in size. Its mean annual Discharge hydrology discharge is 475 Cubic metre per second m s 16,774 Cubic foot per second cfs at its mouth. ref cite book last Nakayama first Mikiyasu title International Waters in Southern Africa year 2003 publisher United Nations University Press isbn 9280810774 page 9 online at http books.google.com books?id Ittv1oAJ37sC Google Books ref Overview The lower Ruvuma is formed by the junction in 11 25 S., 38 31 E. of two branches of nearly equal importance, the longer of which, the Lujenda River Lujenda , comes from the south west, the other, which still bears the name Ruvuma, from the west. Its source lies on an undulating plateau, convert 3,000 ft m abbr on . high, immediately to the east of Lake Nyasa , in 10 45 S., 35 40 E., the head stream flowing first due west before turning south and east. In its eastward course the Ruvuma flows near the base of the escarpment of an arid ... deep channels in the plateau edge, have almost all short courses. On the opposite bank the Ruvuma receives .... The lower Ruvuma, which is often half a mile wide but generally shallow, flows through a swampy valley ... 40 . The length of the Ruvuma is about convert 500 mi km . Bridge A bridge called Unity Bridge across ... Category Ruvuma River Category Rivers of Mozambique Category Rivers of Tanzania Category International rivers of Africa Category Mozambique Tanzania border bg ca Rovuma cs Ruvuma da Ruvuma de Rovuma es R o Rovuma eo Ruvumo rivero eu Ruvuma ibaia fr Ruvuma gl R o Ruvuma hi it Ruvuma fiume sw Ruvuma mto lt Ruvuma nl Ruvuma rivier no Rovuma pl Rovuma pt Rio Rovuma ru sr fi Ruvuma uk zh ... more details
Infobox language family name Rufiji Ruvuma altname region Mozambique , Malawi , Tanzania familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu The Rufiji Ruvuma languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Gloria Waite 1979 and subsequent researchers N10 less Manda language Tanzania Manda in Nurse, Ndendeuli, Ngoni, Matengo, Mpoto , P10 Ngindo moved to N10 , P20. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Guthrie identifications are Ruvuma P20 Yao language Yao Mwera language Mwera Makonde Makonde language Makonde Machinga language Machinga , Mabiha language Mabiha Mbinga Ruhuhu N10 Matengo language Matengo , Mpoto language Mpoto Matandu P10 Matumbi language Matumbi , Ndengereko language Ndengereko Rufiji language Rufiji Lwegu Ngindo language Ngindo P10 , Ndendeule language Ndendeule Ndwewe N10 Songea N10 Ngoni language Ngoni Among the Guthrie languages not specifically classified are Ndonde language Ndonde Mawanda P20, said to be close to Mwera Nindi language Nindi N10, said to be close to Ndendeule and Tonga language Malawi Tonga of Malawi N10 . Nurse moves Manda to Northeast Bantu Bena Kinga , but Ehret keeps it here. Notes Reflist Category Rufiji Ruvuma languages nc lang stub ... more details
Infobox protected area name Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park alt name iucn category photo View across Mnazi Bay small.jpg photo alt photo caption View across Mnazi Bay photo width map Tanzania relief map alt map caption map width location nearest city Mtwara lat d 10 lat m lat s lat NS S long d 40 long m long s long EW E coords coords ref region area 650km established 2000 visitation num visitation year governing body Marine Parks & Reserves Authority Tanzania world heritage site url http www.marineparks.go.tz parks info.php?id 1 The Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park MBREMP was established on 1 July 2000 under Act No. 29 of 1994 of Marine Parks and Reserves of Tanzania. The park is in the Mtwara district of Southeast Tanzania and extends to the border with Mozambique . The area is considered to have globally significant marine biodiversity values and covers 650 square kilometres, of which 33 is on land. The park extends from the northern portion of the Ruvuma Estuary to Mnazi Bay, including the headland of Ras Msangamkuu. The environment within the park includes mangroves , rocky and sandy shoreline, mudflats , salt pans , fringing coral reefs , lagoonal patch reef, seagrass beds, three islands Namponda, Mongo and Kisiwa Kidogo and numerous small rocky islets. The Park is home to nesting grounds for Green and Hawksbill turtles , and a number of marine mammals have been seen in the area including migrating Humpback whales and the Indopacific Humpback dolphin . A large population of crab plovers led to the area being designated as an Important Bird Area IBA in 2001. The area was also once home to dugongs but the last confirmed sighting was in 1992, although there have been unconfirmed sightings since. ref name dugong http www.sirenian.org PDFs muir2003.pdf The dugong Dugong dugon in Tanzania A national assessment of status, distribution and threat . ref Close to 30,000 people live within the park, depending mainly on marine resources for their livelihoods the park ... more details
, see Region disambiguation . Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics ... is a term used in environmental geography , cultural region in cultural geography , bioregion in biogeography ... s, drainage basin s, natural region s, mountain range s, soil type s. Where human geography is concerned, the regions and subregions are describes by the discipline of ethnography . A region has ... distinct boundaries. Oceanic division into maritime region s are used in conjunction with the relationship ... aim is to understand or define the uniqueness or character of a particular region, which consists ... .The Paleogeographic region is also where paleontologist find answers in history. Regions in human ... the study of human history as it relates to places and Historical region regions , or, inversely ... colonization efforts, he defines and describes the Northwest European Atlantic Protestant Region ... England, an oceanic region that includes the Grand Banks . He rejects regions traditionally used in describing ... . Tourism region Main Tourism region A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated ... region or may have a name created for tourism purposes. The names often evoke certain positive ... region Natural resource regions Natural resource s often occur in distinct regions. Natural resource ... element of human geography and economic geography. A coal region, for example, is a physical or geomorphological region, but its development and exploitation can make it into an economic and a cultural region. Some examples of natural resource regions include the Rumaila Field , the oil field that lies along the border or Iraq and Kuwait and played a role in the Gulf War the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, which is a historical region as well as a cultural, physical, and natural resource region the South Wales Coalfield , which like Pennsylvania s coal region is a historical, cultural, and natural region the Kuznetsk Basin , a similarly important coal mining region in Russia Kryvbas , the economic ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A Region A is one of the four regions in Group A of the Virginia High School League . It is made up of four districts the A AA Eastern Shore District , the A Northern Neck District , the A Tidewater District and the A Tri Rivers District . All the schools in the region lie east of the Fall Line, which roughly extends from Washington, DC to Richmond, Virginia . Member schools Col start Col break Eastern Shore District Arcadia High School Virginia Arcadia High School , Oak Hall, Virginia The Firebirds Chincoteague High School , Chincoteague, Virginia The Ponies Nandua High School , Onley, Virginia The Warriors Northampton High School , Eastville, Virginia The Yellow Jackets Col break Northern Neck District Essex High School Virginia , Tappahannock, Virginia The Trojans Lancaster High School Virginia Lancaster High School , Lancaster, Virginia The Red Devils Northumberland High School , Heathsville, Virginia The Indians Rappahannock High School , Warsaw, Virginia The Raiders Washington & Lee High School , Montross, Virginia The Eagles Colonial Beach High School , Colonial Beach, Virginia The Drifters Col break Tidewater District King William High School , King William, Virginia The Cavaliers Middlesex High School , Saluda, Virginia The Chargers West Point High School Virginia West Point High School , West Point, Virginia The Pointers Mathews High School , Mathews, Virginia The Blue Devils King and Queen Central High School , King and Queen Courthouse, Virginia The Royal Tigers Col break Tri Rivers District Appomattox Regional Governor s School for the Arts And Technology , Petersburg, Virginia The Dragons Franklin High School Virginia Franklin High School , Franklin, Virginia The Broncos Surry County High School , Dendron, Virginia The Cougars Sussex Central High School , Sussex, Virginia The Tigers Charles City County High School , Charles City, Virginia The Panthers Windsor High School Virginia Windsor High School , Windsor, Virginia The Dukes ... more details
Image Tanzania Lindi location map.svg thumb right 175px Location of Lindi Region in Tanzania Lindi is one of Tanzania s 26 administrative Regions of Tanzania regions . The regional capital is also called Lindi . The Lindi region borders on Pwani Region Pwani , Morogoro Region Morogoro , RuvumaRegionRuvuma , and Mtwara Region Mtwara . Much of the western part of the region is in the Selous Game Reserve . According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Lindi Region was 791,306. ref cite web url http www.tanzania.go.tz census census lindi.htm title Tanzania 2002 Population and Housing Census accessdate 2006 11 24 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060831213715 http www.tanzania.go.tz census census lindi.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 08 31 ref The regional commissioner of the Lindi Region is N.M. Banduka. ref cite web url http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html title Tanzanian Government Directory Database accessdate 2006 11 24 ref Districts The Lindi Region is divided into 6 administrative districts Liwale , Kilwa district Kilwa , Ruangwa , Nachingwea , Lindi Rural and Lindi Urban . References reflist Districts of Lindi Regions of Tanzania coord 9 30 S 38 30 E region TZ type adm1st source GNS enwiki display title Category Lindi Region Category Regions of Tanzania Lindi geo stub bg da Lindi region de Lindi Region et Lindi piirkond es Regi n de Lindi eo Regiono Lindi fa fr Lindi r gion gl Rexi n de Lindi ko it Regione di Lindi he sw Mkoa wa Lindi nl Lindi regio ja no Lindi region pnb pl Lindi region pt Lindi regi o ro Regiunea Lindi ru sr fi Lindin alue sv Lindi region tg yo Lindi Region zh ... more details
This article is about the region, for the city see Mtwara city . Image Tanzania Mtwara location map.svg thumb right 175px Location of Mtwara Region in Tanzania Mtwara is a southern region of Tanzania which has been underdeveloped for a long time development is constrained by the lack of highway and energy infrastructures. The Dar es Salaam Kibiti Lindi Mtwara road has been improved by the completion of the Mkapa bridge over the Rufiji River . Mnazi Bay gas promises to provide reliable and adequate electricity for powering industrial and commercial activities in the region. Citation needed date April 2010 The boundary with Mozambique to the south is formed by the Ruvuma River . To the west Mtwara is bordered by RuvumaRegion , to the north by Lindi Region , and to the east is the Indian Ocean . The capital is Mtwara . According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mtwara Region was 1,128,523. http www.tanzania.go.tz census census mtwara.htm The regional commissioner is H.Shekifu http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html History The Groundnut Scheme In 1948, the British Government formulated the Tanganyika groundnut scheme through the Overseas Food Corporation OFC . The purpose was to alleviate the worldwide shortage of vegetable oils however, inadequate research and adverse ... of the scheme. The exported crop was to go through the port of Mtwara. Districts Mtwara Region ... and Mtwara Rural . Sources http www.tanzania.go.tz census census mtwara.htm Mtwara Region Homepage ... 2000 Districts of Mtwara Regions of Tanzania Coord 10 40 S 39 00 E region TZ type adm1st source GNS enwiki display title Category Mtwara Region Category Regions of Tanzania Mtwara geo stub bg da Mtwara region de Mtwara Region es Regi n de Mtwara eo Regiono Mtwara fa ... ja no Mtwara region pnb pl Mtwara region pt Mtwara regi o ro Regiunea Mtwara ru sr sv Mtwara region tg yo Mtwara Region zh ... more details
Image Tanzania Morogoro location map.svg thumb right 175px Location of Morogoro Region in Tanzania Morogoro Region is one of the regions of Tanzania . Its capital is Morogoro . It is bordered to the North by the Tanga Region , to the East by the Pwani Region Pwani and Lindi Region Lindi Regions, to the South by the RuvumaRegion and to the West by the Iringa Region Iringa and Dodoma Region Dodoma Regions. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Morogoro Region was 1,759,809. http www.tanzania.go.tz census census morogoro.htm The regional commissioner of the Morogoro Region is Retired Major Said Kalembo . http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html Districts File Mt Uluguru and Sisal plantations.jpg thumb 300px The region has many plantations of sisal , cotton and sugarcane . The Uluguru Mountains are also situated within the region The Morogoro Region is administratively divided into 6 districts Mvomero , Kilosa , Kilombero , Morogoro Magharibi , Morogoro Mashariki , Ulanga Education Morogoro is a region with various universities, Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro Muslim University, and Mzumbe University. There are also colleges such as Morogoro Teachers College in Kigurunyembe Ward , Dakawa Teachers College, and Land college. Sources commons category Morogoro http www.tanzania.go.tz census census morogoro.htm Morogoro Region Homepage for the 2002 Tanzania National Census http www.tanzania.go.tz govdirf.html Tanzanian Government Directory Database Districts of Morogoro Regions of Tanzania coord 8 00 S 37 00 E region TZ type adm1st source GNS enwiki display title Category Morogoro Region Category Regions of Tanzania Morogoro geo stub bg da Morogoro region de Morogoro Region es Regi n de Morogoro eo Regiono Morogoro fa ... nl Morogoro regio ja no Morogoro region pnb pl Morogoro region pt Morogoro regi o ro Regiunea Morogoro ru sr fi Morogoron alue sv Morogoro region tg ... more details
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