- Isaka
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footnotes =Isaka is a small town and station on the Mwanza railway line of
Tanzania which connects to theseaport ofDar es Salaam . In the 1980s a so-calleddry port was established there to serve the landlocked countries ofBurundi andRwanda , since Isaka is on a highway, now paved, running 610 km from the Rwandan capital,Kigali . The dry port functions as a sub-port of Dar es Salaam. Road transport companies can collect containers coming from overseas at Isaka and clear customs there, and deliver containers going overseas to the same location.Isaka also handles containers for the north-eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo .In 2006,
China offered funds to carry out feasibility studies to extend the Tanzanian Railway system to serve Burundi and Rwanda directly. There is an alternate plan to connect these landlocked countries to the Cape Gauge southern African railway network viaDR Congo , but the DR Congo network itself is still in poor condition. Burundi and Rwanda are also connected by paved highway toKampala which has a rail link to the seaport ofMombasa .Statistics
* Elevation = 1197m
* Population (district) = 6522See also
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Dry port
*Inland port References
* [http://www.trctz.com/isakaa1.htm Isaka Dry Port] Tanzania Railways Corporation website retrieved 29 July 2007.
External link
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TZ/0/Isaka.html FallingRain Map - railways are red dots - elevation = 1197 m]
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