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Liuli
Liuli, formerly known as Sphinx Hafen (), is a settlement on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Malawi in the Mbinga District of Ruvuma province. It is notable for being the site of the first naval action of World War I. The sphinx rocks The settlement is distinguished on the lake shore by a sphinx-like series of 7 rocks lying offshore. The rocks indicate deep water, leading to its development by the Germans as a ship repair base. The Anglican missionary William Percival Johnson described the rocks as follows: 1914–18: Sphinxhafen in the war on Lake Nyasa On 13 August 1914, in the first naval action of World War I, the British lake steamer gunboat HMS ''Gwendolen'' caught the German armed steamer on a slipway at Sphinxhafen. The German steamship was named after the explorer Hermann von Wissmann who raised funds for the vessel as an anti-slavery gunboat in 1890. HMS ''Gwendolen'' commenced bombarding the German port. The King's African Rifles The King's African Rifles (KAR) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percival Johnson
William Percival Johnson (12 March 1854 in St Helens, Isle of Wight – October 1928 in Liuli, Tanganyika) was an Anglican missionary to Nyasaland. After education at Bedford School (1863–1873) and graduation from University College, Oxford, he went to Africa with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, under the Bishop Edward Steere. He translated the Bible into the Likoma Island dialect of Chinyanja, under the title ' which was published in 1912. Together with another Universities' Mission missionary, Arthur Glossop (1867-1949), he also translated the Book of Common Prayer into Chinyanja (1897, revised 1909). Johnson also published two other books: ''Nyasa, the Great Water, being a Description of the Lake and the Life of the People'' (Oxford University Press, 1922) and ''My African Reminiscences'', 1875-1895 (London: Universities Mission to Central Africa, 1925). He died at Liuli, Mbinga District, on the shores of what is today the Tanzanian side of Lake Malawi in 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbinga District
Mbinga District is one of the five districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Njombe Region, to the east by Songea Rural District and Songea Urban District, to the south by Mozambique and to the west by Lake Nyasa. The district is partly home to the Liparamba Game Reserve. Notable people are Oscar Kambona, former minister of foreign affairs. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Mbinga District was 404,799. Mbinga District covers an area of 11,396 square kilometres, about 18 percent of the land area of the Ruvuma Region and about 1% of the land mass of Tanzania. Wards The Mbinga District is administratively divided into 37 wards: * Chiwanda * Kigonsera * Kihagara * Kihangi Mahuka * Kilimani * Kilosa * Kingerikiti * Kitura * Langiro * Liparamba * Lipingo * Linda * Litembo * Lituhi * Litumbandyosi * Liuli Liuli, formerly known as Sphinx Hafen (), is a settlement on the Tanzanian shore of Lake Malawi in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruvuma Region
Ruvuma Region (''Mkoa wa Ruvuma'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers a land area of , comparable in size to the nation state of Latvia. The region is also bordered to the north by the Morogoro Region, to the northeast by the Lindi Region, to the east by the Mtwara Region, the west by Lake Nyasa with Malawi and to the northwest by the Njombe Region. The regional capital is the municipality of Songea. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,376,891, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,449,830. For 2002–2012, the region's 2.1 percent average annual population growth rate was the twentieth highest in the country. It was also the 28th most densely populated region with . Etymology The region is named after the Ruvuma River, the second longest river in Tanzania, which forms most of its southern boundary with Niassa province of Mozambique (where it is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, () is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the List of lakes by volume, fourth largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, the List of lakes by area, ninth largest lake in the world by area and the third largest and List of lakes by depth, second deepest lake in Africa. Lake Malawi is home to more species of fish than any other lake in the world, including at least 700 species of cichlids.Turner, Seehausen, Knight, Allender, and Robinson (2001). "How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes?" ''Molecular Ecology'' 10: 793–806. The Mozambique portion of the lake was officially declared a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011,WWF (10 June 2011)"Mozambique’s Lake Niassa declared reserve and Ramsar site"Retrieved 17 July 2014. while in Malawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Gwendolen
SS ''Gwendolen'' (sometimes misspelled ''Guendolen'' and ''Gwendolyn'') was a British steamship on Lake Nyasa that fought in the first naval action of World War I against the German steamship '' Hermann von Wissman'' which it caught on a slipway at Sphinxhafen, now known as Liuli. The 350-ton vessel was launched at Fort Johnston in 1899, and named after Lady Gwendolen Cecil, the then 29-year-old unmarried daughter of the Marquess of Salisbury. In 1907 the ''Gwendolen'' was the largest of three vessels formerly used as gunboats, the others being the and the ''Queen Victoria'', with four civilian steamers on the lake. From 1914 she was commanded by Captain Edmund Rhoades, who attacked the ''Hermann von Wissman'', the vessel of his friend and former drinking partner Captain Berndt, by surprise, with Berndt having been unaware that war had started. William Percival Johnson later recalled that Captain Berndt, who had been master of the German vessel for its original purpose as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Wissmann
Hermann Wilhelm Leopold Ludwig Wissmann, after 1890 Hermann von Wissmann (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905), was a German explorer and administrator in Africa. Biography Born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Wissmann was enlisted in the Prussian Army in 1870 and was commissioned a Lieutenant four years later. Wissmann served Mecklenburg in Füsilierregiment No. 90 posted at Rostock. During this time he had to serve a four-month prison sentence for wounding an opponent in a duel. An 1879 chance meeting with the explorer Dr. Paul Pogge changed his life. Granted a leave of absence from the army, in 1880, Wissmann accompanied explorer Paul Pogge on a journey through the Congo Basin. In the eastern Congo, Pogge and Wissmann parted company. Pogge stayed to build an agricultural research station for a Congolese chief, while Wissmann trekked to the Indian Ocean via present-day Tanzania. He was awarded the 1888 Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his explorations. Afterwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Tanzania
Tanzania is administratively divided into thirty-one regions (''wikt:mkoa, mkoa''). History * In 1975, Tanzania had 25 regions. In the 1970s, the name of the Ziwa Magharibi Region (West Lake Region) changed to Kagera Region. * In 2002, Manyara Region was created out of part of Arusha Region. * In 2012, four regions were created: Geita, Katavi, Njombe, and Simiyu. * In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region. List of regions Tanzania is subdivided into 31 administrative regions. See also *Districts of Tanzania *List of regions of Tanzania by Human Development Index *List of regions of Tanzania by GDP *List of regions of Tanzania by poverty rate *ISO 3166-2:TZ Notes References {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries Regions of Tanzania, Subdivisions of Tanzania Lists of administrative divisions, Tanzania, Regions Administrative divisions in Africa, Tanzania 1 First-level administrative divisions by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Tanzania
As of 2021, there are 31 regions of Tanzania, regions (Swahili: mkoa, plural mikoa) of Tanzania which are divided into 184 districts (Swahili: wilayah, wilaya). In 2016, Songwe Region was created from the western part of Mbeya Region. The districts are each administered by a district council. Cities are separately administered by their own councils, and while administratively within a region, are not considered to be located within a district. The districts are listed below, by unofficial area then region: Ten most populated districts # Kinondoni District, Kinondoni Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,775,049 inhabitants) # Temeke District, Temeke Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,368,881 inhabitants) # Ilala District, Ilala Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam Region (1,220,611 inhabitants) # Geita District, Geita District Council, Geita Region (807,619 inhabitants) # Sengerema District, Sengerema District Council, Mwanza Region (663,034 inhabitants) # Muleba D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Africa Time
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+03:00), which is the same as Moscow Time, Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time. As this time zone is predominantly in the equatorial region, there is no significant change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed. East Africa Time is observed by the following countries: * * * * * * * * * See also * Moscow Time, an equivalent time zone covering Belarus, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... and most of European Russia, also at UTC+03:00 * Arabia Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. According to a 2024 estimate, Tanzania has a population of around 67.5 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included South Cushitic languages, Southern Cushitic speakers similar to modern day Iraqw people who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotic languages, Southern Nilotes, including the Datooga people, Datoog, who originated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruvuma
Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in the African Great Lakes region. During the greater part of its course, it forms the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. The river is long, with a drainage basin of ~ in size. Its mean annual discharge is to at its mouth. Discharge Average and maximum discharge of the Rovuma River (): Average monthly discharge of the Rovuma River (), UNH-GRDC historical period (1957–1999): Tributaries The largest tributaries of the Rovuma River: Overview The lower Ruvuma river is formed by the junction at of two branches of nearly equal importance, the longer of which, the Lujenda, comes from the south-west, the other, which still bears the name Ruvuma, from the west. Its source lies on an undulating plateau, high, immediately to the east of Lake Nyasa, at , the head-stream flowing first due west before turning south and east. In its eastward course, the Ruvuma flows near the base of the escarpment of an arid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
