Rukwa Region

Summary

Rukwa Region is a region of Tanzania^[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_tanzania category, ranking #20 of 30).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rukwa Region is located in Tanzania^[3].
• Rukwa Region is in the country of Tanzania^[4].
• Rukwa Region's image is recorded as Sumbawanga View.jpg^[5].
• Rukwa Region's instance of is recorded as region of Tanzania^[6].
• Rukwa Region's capital is recorded as Sumbawanga^[7].
• Rukwa Lake is named after Rukwa Region^[8].
• Rukwa Region's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127889942^[9].
• Rukwa Region's locator map image is recorded as Tanzania Rukwa location map.svg^[10].
• Rukwa Region's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as TZ-20^[11].
• Rukwa Region's Commons category is recorded as Rukwa Region^[12].
• Rukwa Region's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1600839^[13].
• Rukwa Region's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -8, 'lon': 31.333333333333332}^[14].
• Rukwa Region's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/074xjx^[15].
• Rukwa Region's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as TZ24^[16].
• Rukwa Region's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rukwa Region^[17].
• Rukwa Region's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1004539'}^[18].
• Rukwa Region's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1540519'}^[19].
• Rukwa Region's GeoNames ID is recorded as 150442^[20].
• Rukwa Region's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1001739^[21].
• Rukwa Region's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22792.0'}^[22].
• Rukwa Region's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2573036^[23].
• Rukwa Region's language used is recorded as Fipa^[24].
• Rukwa Region's language used is recorded as Mambwe-Lungu^[25].
• Rukwa Region's language used is recorded as Sukuma^[26].
• Rukwa Region's language used is recorded as Mwanga^[27].

Body

Geography

Rukwa Region is in the country of Tanzania^[4]. It is located in Tanzania^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Rukwa Region's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22792.0'}^[22]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1004539'}^[18] and {'amount': '+1540519'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Rukwa Region's instance of is recorded as region of Tanzania^[6].

History and Context

Rukwa Lake is named after Rukwa Region^[8].

Why It Matters

Rukwa Region draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_tanzania category, ranking #20 of 30).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]