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Kilosa

Coordinates: 06°49′48″S 036°59′15″E / 6.83000°S 36.98750°E / -6.83000; 36.98750
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Kilosa
Kilossa
Town
Kilosa is located in Tanzania
Kilosa
Kilosa
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 06°49′48″S 036°59′15″E / 6.83000°S 36.98750°E / -6.83000; 36.98750
Country Tanzania
RegionMorogoro Region
DistrictKilosa District
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total
43,418
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
UFI-2565094
ClimateAw

Kilosa[2] (Kilossa[3]) is a town in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, East Africa. It is the administrative seat for Kilosa District. As of 2022, the population of the town was 43,418.[1][4]


Transport

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Kilosa is a station on Tanzania's east–west Central Line railway, and the junction where the Mikumi line branches to the south. The new Standard Gauge Railway which will replace the Central Line is approaching completion (early 2023) and there is a new Kilosa Station.[5]

History

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The Battle of Kilosa was fought during the East African Campaign in World War I.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Tanzania
  2. ^ Kilosa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Kilossa (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ^ "2002 Population and Housing General Report: Morogoro: Kilosa". Archived from the original on 20 March 2004.
  5. ^ "Morogoro-Makutupora Railway".