Kigoma

Kigoma is a town and lake port in north western Tanzania, on the north jap seashores of Lake Tanganyika and near the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves because the capital for the encircling Kigoma Region and has a population of one hundred thirty five,234 2007 census and an elevation of 775 m. The historical trading metropolis of Ujiji is 6 km south-east of Kigoma. The Central Line of the Tanzania Railways Corporation runs from Kigoma to the Port of Dar es Salaam directly to the Indian Ocean coast thru

Tabora and Dodoma. It became finished in 1915 whilst Kigoma changed into a part of German East Africa. In Tabora, there is a connection to Mwanza on Lake Victoria, with ferry connections to other Tanzanian lake shore locations, and formerly Uganda. At Tabora you could also travel by educate to Mpanda. For a time in early 2010, the line changed into closed4 however carrier has apparently been restored.