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Lake Rukwa

lake in Songwe, Katavi and Rukwa Regions, Tanzania
LakeBodyOfWater soda_lake Q1143935
Lake Rukwa
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
soda lake
Country
Tanzania[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -8.000°, 32.350°
Area
+2600[10]
Basin country
Tanzania[4]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5][6][7]
Elevation above sea level
+793[9]
Length
+150[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Rukwa Region, Mbeya Region[1][2]
P14541
1d8FJD[15]
Vertical depth
+3, +5[13][14]
Watershed area
+88000[12]
Width
+35[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lake Rukwa en Rukwa Lake ar بحيرة روكوا cs Rukwa da Rukwasøen de Rukwasee de Rukwa-See el Λίμνη Ρούκουα es Lago Rukwa fa دریاچه روکوا fi Rukwa fi Rukwajärvi fr lac Rukwa he אגם רוקאה hu Rukwa-tó id Danau Rukwa ja ルクワ湖 ko 루크와호 pl Rukua ro Lacul Rukwa
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
584114
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Lake-Rukwa
Freebase ID
/m/05pshq
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2573035
GeoNames ID
150443
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Rukwasjøen, Lake_Rukwa
Museum-digital place ID
20835
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3969981
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1771115

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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam 2026-09-26 H/LK · TZ GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Rukwa Region, Mbeya Region
Basin country 1
Tanzania
Country 1
Tanzania
Instance of 1
soda lake
Named after 1
Rukwa Region
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Rukwa include Rukwa Region[16], a region of Tanzania[17], in Tanzania[18].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Lake Rukwa include Rukwa Region[16], a region of Tanzania[17], in Tanzania[18].

Related Entities

Tanzania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Zserghei · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ru, uk, da, ro */ da: add the missing Danish description; en: keep the old label as an alias; en: label in the form of the game's other lakes; ro: add the"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1d8FJD
    Wikidata description → lake in Songwe, Katavi and Rukwa Regions, Tanzania
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 19w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+793'}
    Watershed area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+88000'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': -8, 'lon': 32.35}
    Instance of → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tn, rw, gpe */ import labels from sitelinks"
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