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This project supported the Tanzania–Zambia Railway (TAZARA), which is an 1860 km railway that stretches from Dar‑es‑Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi. The railway crosses Tanzania in a southwest direction, leaving the coastal strip and then entering largely uninhabited areas of the vast Selous Game Reserve. The line crosses the TAN-ZAM highway at Makambako and runs parallel to the highway toward Mbeya and the Zambian border, before entering Zambia, and linking with Zambia Railways at Kapiri Mposhi. From sea level, the railway climbs to 550 meters (1,800 feet) at Mlimba, and then reaches its highest point of 1,789.43 meters at Uyole in Mbeya before descending to 1,660 meters at Mwenzo, the highest point in Zambia, and settling to 1,274.63 meters at Kapiri Mposhi. More detailed locational information can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAZARA_Railway#/media/File:Railways_in_Tanzania.svg and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/14060545#map=7/-10.388/33.970
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In 2006, the Chinese Government donated new equipment and machinery worth $5 million to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA). The donation consisted of 50 light truck trolleys, 50 sets of 50-ton covered wagons, four sets of 10-ton forklifts, four sets of 8-ton mobile cranes, 20 sets of 80-ton hydraulic jacks, and various spare parts.
