Korogwe
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 9 ′ S , 38 ° 27 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Tanzania | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | TZ-25 | ||
| height | 313 m | ||
| Residents | 26,601 (2002) | ||
Korogwe is a city in the Tanga region in northeastern Tanzania . The city lies on the Pangani and near the confluence of the Mkomazi and Luengera at the foot of the Usambara Mountains . Korogwe had around 27,000 inhabitants in 2002 and is the capital of the Korogwe district . The city is the stop of the Usambara train .
history
The city was originally founded on an island in Pangani. Here was the intersection of two long-distance trade routes , one to Lake Victoria and one to Ugodo in the Dodoma region .