Nyashimo

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Nyashimo
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Nyashimo
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Coordinates: 02°22′35″S33°35′02″E / 2.37639°S 33.58389°E / -2.37639; 33.58389 Coordinates: 02°22′35″S33°35′02″E / 2.37639°S 33.58389°E / -2.37639; 33.58389
Country Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Region Simiyu
District Busega
Time zone GMT + 3

Nyashimo is a town in Tanzania on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is the district capital of Busega District, Simiyu Region.

Tanzania Country in Africa

Tanzania officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

Lake Victoria one of African Great Lakes

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Transport

Paved Trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Kenya border passes through the town. [1]

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References

  1. "Simiyu Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Retrieved 29 March 2016.