# Isaka

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'''Isaka''' is a small town and station on the narrow-gauge [Mwanza railway line](/source/Tanzania_Railways) of [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) which connects to the [seaport](/source/seaport) of [Dar es Salaam](/source/Dar_es_Salaam).
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== Transport ==

It is located in [Kahama Rural District](/source/Kahama_Rural_District) of [Shinyanga Region](/source/Shinyanga_Region). In the 1980s a [dry port](/source/dry_port) was established there to serve the landlocked countries of [Burundi](/source/Burundi) and [Rwanda](/source/Rwanda), since Isaka is on a highway, now paved, running 610&nbsp;km from the Rwandan capital, [Kigali](/source/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](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo).

In 2017, a new station on the [standard gauge railway](/source/Tanzania_Standard_Gauge_Railway) is proposed.

thumbnail|left|Sign indicating Isaka Dry Port

In 2006, [China](/source/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 via [DR Congo](/source/DR_Congo), but the [DR Congo network](/source/Transport_in_DR_Congo) itself is still in poor condition. Burundi and Rwanda are also connected by paved highway to [Kampala](/source/Kampala) which has a rail link to the seaport of [Mombasa](/source/Mombasa).

== References ==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.trctz.com/isakaa1.htm |title=Isaka Dry Port |publisher=Tanzania Railways Corporation |access-date=29 July 2007 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928074615/http://www.trctz.com/isakaa1.htm |url-status=dead }}

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Category:Populated places in Shinyanga Region
Category:Wards of Tanzania

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