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Mpanda
Sign in to saveMpanda is a city in Katavi Region of Tanzania, East Africa with a postcode number 50100. It is the administrative centre of Katavi Region, Mpanda District and is itself one of the four districts of the region.
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- Locality
- Mpanda
- Region
- Katavi
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 204,338
- Timezone
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mpanda
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City of Katavi Region
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tanzania
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tanzania
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Katavi
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mpanda
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 318.4
- Settlement.population_total
- 204338
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 census
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postcode
- Settlement.postal_code
- 501
- Settlement.blank_name
- UFI
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Tanzania
- Located in
- Tanganyika District
- Population
- 204338
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Katavi Region
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- IATA airport code
- NPY
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Transport
- [[Mpanda Airport|Airport]]
- See also
- References
Mpanda is a city in Katavi Region of Tanzania, East Africa with a postcode number 50100. It is the administrative centre of Katavi Region, Mpanda District and is itself one of the four districts of the region.
Mpanda is a "frontier town" in the far west of Tanzania, roughly 500 km north of Mbeya and 380 km south-west of Tabora. It is the administrative headquarters for the Katavi Region, (created by subdivision of the Rukwa Region in 2012), and for the Mpanda District. It is an important centre in the rural economy, especially for the marketing and transshipment of rice and maize. The Katavi region is increasingly of interest to mineral prospectors, especially for gold. It is also a staging point for visiting the beautiful Katavi National Park, with its headquarters just 35 km to the south at Sitalike. The Park has a good cross-section of East African wildlife but is perhaps best known for its populations of hippopotamus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mpanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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