Makambako is a medium-sized town and district in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands, about 40 miles north of Njombe by road, at the junction of the A104 and B4 roads between Njombe, Iringa and Mbeya. The 2002 census counted 51,049 people. Its name comes from a Bena word for bulls and from a forest that held a large tree where the Bena performed rituals. The town grew because the Songea road branches off the Tanzania Zambia road here and because it has a TAZARA railway station, which brought a police station, workers quarters, a water intake and an army presence, and with them a market and a business centre. The Bena are the largest ethnic group, and the area is known for maize and tomato growing and trade.
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1. Makambako (Wikipedia)
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Its population according to the 2002 Tanzanian census was 51,049.
Part Of: Tanzania, Lead
in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands
On Continent: Africa, Lead, country location
in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, country location (Tanzania is in the UN M49 subregion Eastern Africa)
in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at -8.85,34.8333
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -8.85,34.8333Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -8.85,34.8333
"elevation": 1651.0
3. East Africa Time (Wikipedia)
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with a standard offset of UTC+03:00 from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It is one of the most widely used time zones in Africa, adopted by countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, and others.
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