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Mbamba Bay

Mbamba Bay

Town in Ruvuma Region, Tanzania

Mbamba Bay[2] is a town in western Tanzania, lying on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa.

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Port

Mbamba Bay has an indentation in the otherwise straight profile of the lake and may be a potential port.[citation needed]

Transport

In October 2007, it was proposed to build a branch railway from Liganga via Mchuchuma to Mbamba Bay.[3] Mbamba Bay is linked with Nkhata Bay in Malawi by motorized dhow. The A19 links it with Mtwara, Tanzania, on the east coast.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Mbampa (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. [2]
    Mbamba Bay (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. [3]
    Railway Gazette International November 2007, page 688
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