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Place details
- Locality
- Sumbawanga
- Region
- Rukwa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 303,986
Travel guide
Understand
Sumbawanga is the capital of the Rukwa region.
Get in
Buses from Sumbawanga to Mpanda take around 7 hours. Buses from Sumbawanga to Mbeya via the Zambia border of Tunduma take around 5 hours.
From Sumbawanga to the Zambia border town of Tunduma is 230 km. From Tunduma you can take a night train to Kapiri Mposhi Zambia. From Sumbawanga there is also a road going to Mbala in Zambia 120 km.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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