Nansio is a small port town and the capital of Ukerewe District in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is also a ward on Ukerewe, the large island in Lake Victoria, and is the port of entry for passenger and freight shipping services from the city of Mwanza. The ward is one of twenty-four in the district and has fifteen villages. The Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics reported 8,644 people in the ward in 2016, up from 7,674 in 2012, although the Wikipedia list of cities in Tanzania gives the town a 2012 census figure of 50,500. The island setting has earned it the nickname of the lake island town.
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1. Nansio (Wikipedia)
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there were 8,644 people in the ward
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The town is also a ward on the island of Ukerewe, Lake Victoria, in Tanzanian lake territory.
On Continent: Africa, Lead, country location
Nansio is a small Tanzanian port town
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, country location (Tanzania is in the UN M49 subregion Eastern Africa)
Nansio is a small Tanzanian port town
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at -2.1078,33.0864
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -2.1078,33.0864Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -2.1078,33.0864
"elevation": 1146.0
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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