Mlimba is a town in central

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on the plains.

Location

Mlimba is in

Kilombero District Kilombero District is a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania. The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero River in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kil ...

, in

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, in south-central Tanzania, approximately , by road, south-west of

Kilombero Kilombero District is a district in Morogoro Region, south-western Tanzania. The district is situated in a vast floodplain, between the Kilombero River in the south-east and the Udzungwa-Mountains in the north-west. On the other side of the Kilo ...

, where the district headquarters are located. This is approximately , by road, south-west of the city of

Morogoro Morogoro is a city in the eastern part of Tanzania west of Dar es Salaam. Morogoro is the capital of the Morogoro Region. It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari" which translates to “city short of an ocean/port." The Belgian based ...

, the regional capital. The geographical coordinates of the town are:08°46'43.0"S, 35°48'40.0"E (Latitude:-8.778611; Longitude:35.811111). Mlimba sits at an average elevation of above

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Overview

Mlimba is the largest urban centre in Mlimba Ward one of the 35 wards in

. Mlimba is also the headquarters of Mlimba Division, one of the five administrative divisions in the district. There are two health facilities in town, both owned and operated by the Tanzanian government; Mlimba Hospital and a stand-alone Mlimba Maternity Centre. Also nearby is the Mlimba Institute of Allied Health Sciences, a teaching facility. Approximately , north of Mlimba, at the border between Morogoro Region and Iringa Region, is the location of

Kihansi Hydroelectric Power Station Kihansi Hydroelectric Power Station, is a hydroelectric power station located in Kilombero District of southeast Morogoro Region in southern Tanzania. The power station is one of the largest dams in the country. The Tanzanian electricity com ...

, a 180 megawatts power plant, across the

Kilombero River The Ulanga River, also known as the Kilombero River, rises in the highlands of the southwest of Morogoro Region, Tanzania, on the eastern slope of the East African Rift. The river flows northeast along the northeastern border of the Lindi Region ...

. It is owned and operated by the government-owned power utility company,

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Population

The population of Mlimba was estimated at 34,970, in 2016.

Tazara Railway

The

Tazara Railway The Tazara Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, is a railway in East Africa linking the port of Dar es Salaam in east Tanzania with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The single-track railway is ...

passes through Mlimba. After Mlimba, the line leaves the plains and enters mountainous territory, as it proceeds west.

NGOs in Mlimba

* SolidarMed

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Eye Care Foundation Eye Care Foundation (ECF) is an international charity organisation active in over 20 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin-America. ECF was founded when ''Eyecare Worldwide'' and ''Mekong Eye Doctors'' joined forces in 2008. The two organizations s ...

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