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Mwanza (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 02 33 57 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -2.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The country's leading producer of cotton; other important cash crops are citrus fruits, cassava, rice & sweet potatoes; considerable livestock trade despite tsetse-fly infestation; land characterized by miombo woodland & savanna. |
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| Mwanza (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Mwanza (Swahili (generic))
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| Mwanza region (C,O,display)
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| Mwanza Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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| Mkoa wa Mwanza (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| TZ12 (C,U,FIPS)
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Mwanza (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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established 1963 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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