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Mbeya

Eastern Africa

Mbeya is a city in south west Tanzania and the capital of the surrounding Mbeya Region, with an urban population of 649,000 in 2023.

Facts
Population
541,603 1
Founding Year
2005 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
1700 1
Latitude
8.9 degrees south 1
Longitude
33.45 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. Mbeya (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 541,603 (2022)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -8.9, longitude 33.45
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1700 m
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 541603 (2022)
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2. GeoNames: Mbeya - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 154380
    -8.9 33.45 P PPLA TZ 09 1208 1208222 541603 1697 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1697 m
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3. Mbeya (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    Mbeya is situated at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,500 ft), and sprawls through a narrow highland valley surrounded by a bowl of high mountains.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -8.75, 33.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -8.75, 33.25
-8.75 33.25 Cwa
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Wikidata: Mbeya
Wikidata Q335548, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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