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Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, former political capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, and as of l
Lake Tanganyika
lake in Africa
Gombe National Park
national park in Tanzania
Tanganyika Province
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lualaba River
river in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Uvira
Uvira is a city strategically located in the South Kivu Province of the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Covering approximately 207 square kilometers and with an estimated population of 726,000 as of 2024, it borders Bafuliru Chiefdom and Ruzizi Plain Chiefdom to the north, Bavira Chiefdom to the south, and Lake Tanganyika and the Ruzizi River to the east. These rivers form natural boundaries between the DRC and Burundi. Located in the Ruzizi Plain at a low altitude, the city lies between Burundi's Congo-Nile ridge and the Mitumba mountains.
Lukuga River
It is an outlet river of lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mitumba Mountains
mountain range
Ujiji
Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region. Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar, In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000. The site is a registered National Historic Site.
Nsumbu National Park
national park of Zambia
MV Liemba
ship built in 1915
Livingstone–Stanley Monument
construction
Battle for Lake Tanganyika
battle of World War I in East Africa
Holoholo people
ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mahale Mountains
mountain
HMS Mimi and HMS Toutou
1915 motor launches
Marungu highlands
mountains in Democratic Republic of the Congo
HMS Fifi
1894 screw steamer
Ndagala
Ndagala ( Burundi ) or Daaga ( Tanzania ) are the vernacular names given to two species of small pelagic fish of the Clupeidae family (which also includes Sardines and Shads), which are only found in Lake Tanganyika.