Mbamba Bay

Mbamba Bay

Mbampa^[1]
Mbamba Bay Mbampa
Town
	Mbamba Bay Location in Tanzania
	Coordinates: 11°17′0″S 034°46′18″E / 11.28333°S 34.77167°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Ruvuma Region
District	Mbinga District
Elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
UFI	-2568444

Mbamba Bay^[2] is a town in western Tanzania, lying on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa.

Port

Mbamba Bay has an indentation in the otherwise straight profile of the lake and may be a potential port.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

In October 2007, it was proposed to build a branch railway from Liganga via Mchuchuma to Mbamba Bay.^[3] Mbamba Bay is linked with Nkhata Bay in Malawi by motorized dhow. The A19 links it with Mtwara, Tanzania, on the east coast.

References

↑ Mbampa (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
↑ Mbamba Bay (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
↑ Railway Gazette International November 2007, page 688

External links

[1] Mbampa (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[2] Mbamba Bay (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[3] Railway Gazette International November 2007, page 688

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Mbamba Bay

Contents

Port

Transport

See also

References

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Mbamba Bay Mbampa^[1]
Town

Mbamba Bay Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 11°17′0″S 034°46′18″E / 11.28333°S 34.77167°E / -11.28333; 34.77167
Country	Tanzania
Region	Ruvuma Region
District	Mbinga District
Elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
UFI	-2568444