Tunduma

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Tunduma is a border town in southern Tanzania that serves as a major road and rail gateway for trade and travel between Tanzania and Zambia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tunduma canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
borderCrossingWith Nakonde
borderInfrastructure rail border post
road border post
borderWith Zambia
country Tanzania
currencyUsed Tanzanian shilling
economicActivity cross-border trade
transport services
function gateway for trade between Tanzania and Zambia
gateway for travel between Tanzania and Zambia
hasBorderControl customs checkpoint
immigration checkpoint
hasRole border town
trade gateway
transit town
transport hub
languageUsed English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Tanzania
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Momba District
Songwe Region
locatedInRegion southern Tanzania
locatedOnBorderBetween Tanzania and Zambia
locatedOnRailwayLine TAZARA Railway
locatedOnRoad A-104 road (Tanzania)
Great North Road (Zambia) terminus
Tanzam Highway
nearbyCountry Zambia
partOf Tanzania–Zambia border
partOfCorridor Dar es Salaam–Lusaka transport corridor
linked to: Tanzam Highway

North–South transport corridor (regional)
railNetworkImportance key station on the TAZARA Railway
railwayConnectionTo Dar es Salaam
Kapiri Mposhi
regionType southern highlands of Tanzania
roadConnectionTo Dar es Salaam
Lusaka
linked to: Lusaka, Zambia

Mbeya
Nakonde
roadNetworkImportance key junction on the Tanzam Highway
significance major gateway for regional trade in Southern Africa
timeZone East Africa Time
transportModeServed rail transport
road transport
utcOffset +3

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanzania–Zambia Railway passesThrough Tunduma
Mbeya Region hasCity Tunduma
Mbeya Region hasBorderTown Tunduma
Nakonde connectedTo Tunduma
Nakonde borderCrossingWith Tunduma
Sumbawanga roadConnection Tunduma