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Fun fact 1 about Mbeya

Mbeya Tanzania
city

Mbeya was founded as a gold mining town in the 1920s following the 1906 gold rush.

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Mbeya

Tanzania

Country
Tanzania
Population
489.0K
Coordinates
-8.90, 33.45
486th most populous city in the world

Mbeya is a city located in south west Tanzania, Africa, with an urban population of 649,000 in 2023. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region.

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