Kigoma

Kigoma is a metropolis and lake port in north western Tanzania, on the north eastern beaches of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma vicinity and has a populace of 135,234 and an elevation of 775 m. The historic trading metropolis of Ujiji is 6 km south-east of Kigoma. Kigoma is one of the busiest ports on north japanese Lake Tanganyika, because historically it become the simplest one which had a functioning railway connection the only at Kalemie within the Democratic Republic of the Congo isn't operational in the meanwhile, a direct link to the sea port at Dar es Salaam.

Kigoma Port in the Kigoma Bay has a wharf of hundred metres and numerous cranes and is equipped to address shipping packing containers. however, the bay is stricken by silting up due to soil erosion from surrounding hills, and the water depths at wharfside has diminished from 6 m to one.eight m. this can threaten the economic growth of the port.