[St. Paul's Church-news] Tabora

[Lynn K. Bigelow]

Greetings,

We are fortunate to have updates from St. Paul's Missionaries in Tabora,
thanks to Brad and Shannon Good.   Please continue to keep our eleven
and Sadock in your prayers.  A summary of the diocese is presented for 
your information.

Peace,
Lynn



A few facts about Tabora
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Anglican Diocese of Tabora:

The Diocese of Tabora occupies an area of 96,000 sq km of rural western
Tanzania. It is about one tenth of the area of mainland Tanzania.

Approximately 2 million people live in the region, around 200,000 in
Tabora municipality. Most people are involved in subsistence agriculture
- in other words they grow the food they need to feed themselves and
their families. However, there are some cash crops - mainly tobacco,
rice and maize. The region is very poor especially after several years
of failed or poor harvests due to extreme and unusual weather patterns.

The main priorities of the diocese are in Evangelism, Training and
Development.

http://www.anglican.or.tz/tabora.htm
The Right Reverend Sadock Makaya
Bishop
The Anglican Diocese of Tabora
P.O. Box 1408
Tabora, Tanzania
smakaya1 at yahoo.co.uk

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Encylopedia.com:
Tabora (täbō´rä) , city (est. pop. 200,000), capital of Tabora region, W
central Tanzania. It is a trade and transportation center, connected by
rail with Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean, Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika,
and Mwanza on Lake Victoria. Peanuts, cotton, cattle, tobacco, and other
agricultural commodities are shipped. Tabora was founded in 1852 by Arab
traders from the Indian Ocean coast and was located at the junction of
important caravan routes. It was captured in 1891 by the Germans and
became a center of administration of German East Africa.

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Google Maps Satellite Image:
http://www.maplandia.com/tanzania/tabora/

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TimeZone:
East Africa Time  (EAT) -  UTC + 0300
7 hours ahead of EDT in Oaks, PA.

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Weather:
Sunrise 06:58 (EAT)
Sunset 18:51 (EAT) 	
Predominant weather is forecast to be sunny every day.
Hi: 88F
Lo: 60F
Humidity: 40%

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Currency:
1 US Dollar = 1,326.40 Tanzanian Shilling
1 Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) = 0.0007539 US Dollar (USD)