Mwanza:
Mwanza is a city in northwest Tanzania and a southern port of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the surrounding Mwanza Region. The region is located between latitude 10 30' and 30 south of the equator. Longitudinally the region is located between 310 45' and 340 10' east of Greenwich.
Regions bordering the Mwanza Region are Kagera to the west, Shinyanga to the south and southeast. The northeast borders the Serengeti and Mara Region. The northern part of Mwanza is surrounded by Lake Victoria which separates the region from the neighbouring countries of Uganda and Kenya.
The Mwanza Region is relatively small and occupies merely 2.3% of the total land area of the Tanzania mainland. It belongs to the ethnic region Basukuma. According to a 2002 census, the population was 476,646, making Mwanza the second largest city in Tanzania, after Dar es Salaam. It is located at an altitude of 1,140 metres above sea level.
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