Kidatu is a town in central
Tanzania, located in
Kilombero District,
Morogoro Region. The local population is about 3,300. The primary economic activity is the large
Illovo sugar cane plantation and factory which produces of sugar per year.
Geography
It lies on plains to the south of mountains to the north.
Transport
Kidatu is the terminus of a
narrow gauge branch line from
Kilosa
Kilosa (Kilossa) is a city in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat for Kilosa District. , the population of the town was 26,060.
Transport
Kilosa is a station on Tanzania's east-west Central Line (Tanzania) ...
off the
Tanzania Railways Corporation Central line, built between 1958 and 1963.. In the 1970s, the newer
TAZARA railway was built through.
It is about from
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...
, either via the north or TAZARA.
Transshipment hub
Since 1998, a
transshipment station has been provided to overcome the
break-of-gauge at this location. This hub connects the large zone of southern Africa and bypasses congestion at
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...
.
Under a deal with Tanzania,
metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
trains that connect with trains at Kidatu are operated by the
Trans Africa Railway Corporation.
Approximately of traffic passes through the hub each year.
Industry
Kidatu has a
sugar mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugar.
The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.
Processing
There are a number of steps in pro ...
.
Goliath Sugar
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See also
* Kidatu Dam
* Transport in Tanzania
* East African Railway Master Plan
* Cape-Cairo railway
The Cape to Cairo Railway was an unfinished project to create a railway line crossing Africa from south to north. It would have been the largest and most important railway of that continent. It was planned as a link between Cape Town in Sout ...
* Railway stations in Tanzania
References
External links
Rail in East Africa
Dar
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Populated places in Morogoro Region