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Rukwa is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. Sumbawanga serves as the region's capital. The region is bordered to the north by Kigoma and Tabora Regions, to the East by Mbeya Region, to the South by Zambia and to the West by Lake Tanganyika which forms a border between the region and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the 2002 Tanzania National Census, the population of the region was 1,141,743.

The region is accessible by road from Mbeya through Tunduma and also by railway through Kaliua in Tabora. Potential investment areas in the region include mineral deposits of different kinds, namely; gold, coal, silver, mica, limestone, germstones, building minerals, etc. However, the most significant of all these minerals are gold and coal.

Tourism industry is another unexploited area for investment. Undoutedly, the region has a number of tourist attractions and historical sites such as Katavi National Park, Ugalla and Uwanda game reserves, the msima and Mulele game controlled areas with a big variety of wildlife species, the Lake Tanganyika shores with historical sites of Fort Bismark at Kasanga village, the Kalambo falls, the Lake Rukwa Rift Valley scenery, the hot springs (Majimoto) at Usevya, etc.