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Lindi Region (region (administrative division)) |
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Lat: 09 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -9.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 038 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 38.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Constituted N part of Mtwara region until 1974; Portuguese arrived in 16th cen., taking over commerce of the coastal area; missionaries founded stations near Lindi & Masasi in the 1870s; occupied by British at the onset of World War I in 1914. |
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Lindi (preferred,C,V,English)
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Lindi (Swahili (generic))
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Lindi region (C,O,display)
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Lindi Region (C,U,O,English-P)
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Mkoa wa Lindi (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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TZ07 (C,U,FIPS)
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region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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