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Administrative capital of Mara Region in northwest Tanzania. Lake port overlooking Mara Bay where the Mara River flows into Lake Victoria, and is the proposed terminus for an anticipated railway line to the Indian Ocean ports of Tanga and Dar es Salaam via Arusha. The late President Nyerere (founding Father of the Nation) was born in Musoma district and attended Mwisenge Primary School here. His mausoleum and museum centre are at Butiama, about 25 miles to the east. The Serengeti National Park lies almost entirely within Mara Region, which is also a major gold mining area in the greenstone belt around the lake.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Region
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Coordinates: 1°30'37"S 33°48'15"E
- Mwanza Metropolitan Area 143 km
- Nairobi 320 km
- Kigali 427 km
- Dodoma 547 km
- Morogoro Metropolitan Area 705 km
- Zanzibar Town 778 km
- Dar es Salaam 806 km
- Lubumbashi 1324 km
- Lusaka 1656 km
- Harare 1829 km
- North Mara Gold Mine 81 km
- Mara River escarpment 93 km
- Singita Sasakwa Lodge 100 km
- Mugumu town 104 km
- Singita Faru Faru 113 km
- Serengeti National Park 127 km
- Masai Mara National Reserve 143 km
- Road from Nabi Hill to Gol Kopje 199 km
- Gol Kopje 201 km
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area 250 km