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National Historic Site of Tanzania

Uvinza Salt Works Site
History
Shown within Tanzania
Location	Uvinza District, Kigoma Region, Tanzania
Coordinates	4°58′44.04″S 30°17′33.72″E / 4.9789000°S 30.2927000°E / -4.9789000; 30.2927000
Type	Settlement
Cultures	Vinza
Site notes
Condition	Endangered
Ownership	Tanzanian Government
Management	Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Official name	Uvinza Salt Works Historic Site
Type	Cultural

Uvinza Salt Works (Eneo la uchimbaji wa chumvi mawe ya Uvinza in Swahili ) are salt mines that have been in used since the Iron Age. There are numerous brine springs in the area. The site is located in the town of Uvinza in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania.

References

"Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
Rockel, Stephen J. (1 January 2000). "Enterprising Partners: Caravan Women in Nineteenth Century Tanzania". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 34 (3): 748–778. doi:10.1080/00083968.2000.10751213. JSTOR 486219. S2CID 143353226.
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie (2010). "Lines of Desire: Power and Materiality Along a Tanzanian Caravan Route". Journal of World Prehistory. 23 (4): 219–237. doi:10.1007/s10963-010-9040-4. JSTOR 25801299. S2CID 145570238.
Rockel, Stephen J. (2000). "'A Nation of Porters': The Nyamwezi and the Labour Market in Nineteenth-Century Tanzania". The Journal of African History. 41 (2): 173–195. doi:10.1017/S0021853799007628. JSTOR 183432. S2CID 144346261.
Oliver, Roland (1982). "The Nilotic Contribution to Bantu Africa". The Journal of African History. 23 (4): 433–442. doi:10.1017/S0021853700021289. JSTOR 182034. S2CID 153539947.
Adshead, S. A. M. (27 July 2016). Salt and Civilization. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-21841-7. ISBN 978-1-349-21841-7.

v t e Uvinza District
Capital: Uvinza
Wards	Buhingu Igalula Ilagala Itebula Kalya Kandaga Kazuramimba Mganza Mtego wa Noti Nguruka Sigunga Simbo Sunuka Uvinza

v t e Kigoma Region
Capital: Kigoma
Districts	Buhigwe District Kakonko District Kasulu Kasulu Urban District Kibondo District Kigoma District Kigoma-Ujiji District Uvinza District
Native Peoples	Ha Holoholo Vinza Jiji
National Historic Sites	Ujiji Livingstone Memorial Museum Uvinza Iron Age Site
Rivers and Lakes	Lake Sagara Lake Nyamagoma Malagarasi River Moyowosi River Mungonya River
Major Cities and Towns	Uvinza Town Kigoma City Ujiji Kasulu Town
National Parks and Reserves	Ugalla River National Park Ulyankhulu Forest Reserve Kigosi Game Reserve
National Landmarks	Lake Tanganyika Malagarasi-Moyovozi Wetlands Makari Peak (2578m)
National Monuments	Livingstone Museum, Ujiji Kigoma Railway Station Nyerere House, Ujiji Uvinza Salt Works

v t e National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Arusha Region	Olduvai Gorge Laetoli Engaruka Nasera Rockshelter Mumba Cave Peninj
Dar es Salaam Region	Kunduchi Ruins
Dodoma Region	Kondoa Bahi Rock-Art Sites
Iringa Region	Isimila Stone Age Site Kalenga Mlambalasi
Kagera Region	KM2 and KM3 sites Katuruka Nyabusora Katuruka Bweranyange
Kigoma Region	Ujiji Uvinza Salt Works
Kilimanjaro Region	Marangu Defences
Lindi Region	Kilwa Kisiwani Kivinje Songo Mnara Sanje ya Kati Lindi Historic Town
Manyara Region	Luxmanda
Mtwara Region	Mikindani Historic Town
Pwani Region	Bagamoyo Kaole Ruins Chole Island Ruins Kisimani Mafia
Rukwa Region	Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site
Tabora Region	Livingstone's Tembe
Tanga Region	Tongoni Ruins Toten Island Pangani Vugha Yambe Island
Zanzibar North Region	Tumbatu
Zanzibar West	Stonetown
Zanzibar South Region	Unguja Ukuu Kuumbi Cave
Pemba North Region	Chwaka Tumbe Mkia wa Ng'ombe Msuka Mjini Mduuni Kichokochwe Ruins
Pemba South Region	Mkama Ndume Pujini Ruins Chambani Ras Mkumbuu Ruins Shamiani

Category:

Kigoma Region