Sumbawanga

Sumbawanga is a metropolis positioned in western Tanzania. It is the capital of Rukwa Region with postcode number 55100 . The regional populace is about 150,000 based on a 2002 census. Sumbawanga lies within the territory of the Wafipa Fipa tribe and so many people speak Kifipa, in addition to Kiswahili, the most extensively used language of Tanzania.

The call of the town literally interprets as "throw away your witchcraft", thought to be a warning from local non secular "healers" to any bringing in superstitions and practices referring to religious healers from different regions; there are nevertheless a few healers who practice both on the town and inside the surrounding smaller villages at the plateau. The metropolis has the most important sanatorium within the area, Rukwa General Hospital, that's government funded, as well as the smaller Dr. Atiman Hospital administrated and run by using the Catholic Diocese of Sumbawanga.The metropolis acts as a supply and business center for the Rukwa Region and a few governmental corporations are to be discovered there, notably the delivery branch for the location. Sumbawanga has both Libori and Moravian convention centres.