Kahama is a town in north-western Tanzania and the headquarters of the Kahama Urban District, in the Shinyanga Region. It lies about 109 kilometres by road south-west of Shinyanga, the regional capital, and about 536 kilometres by road north-west of Dodoma, the national capital. Mining shapes the area, and the town is best known for the Buzwagi Gold Mine on its eastern edge and for an underground gold operation run by a Canadian mining company. Local landmarks include the Kahama Central Market, the Kahama General Hospital, the town council offices and an airstrip, and the Northern Kahama Game Reserve lies about 40 kilometres to the north. In August 2022 the population was recorded as 453,654, which makes it one of the largest towns in the country.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. Kahama (Wikipedia)
Population
As of August 2022, the population of Kahama was 453,654.
Part Of: Tanzania, Lead
Kahama is a town in north-western Tanzania.
On Continent: Africa, Lead, country location
Kahama is a town in north-western Tanzania.
In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Lead, country location (Tanzania is in the UN M49 subregion Eastern Africa)
is a town in north-western Tanzania
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at -3.8375,32.6
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -3.8375,32.6Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation at the town coordinates -3.8375,32.6
"elevation": 1246.0
3. East Africa Time (Wikipedia)
Lead, standard offsetQuote, Lead, standard offset
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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