Uvinza
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Uvinza (German : Neu Gottorp) is a town in western Tanzania in the highlands. Elevation 996m.
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[edit] History
During the German colonial period the town was named Neu Gottorp and a railyway line was built in the 1900s linking it to Dar es Salaam.
[edit] Transport
Uvinza has a station on the Tanzanian Railways. In October 2007, it was proposed to build a branch railway to Bujumbura in Burundi junctioning off from here.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Railway Gazette International November 2007, p688
