Tanzam Railway

Japanese: タンザン鉄道 - タンザンてつどう（英語表記）Tanzam Railway

This railway connects Dar es Salaam in eastern Tanzania with Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia. Construction began in October 1970 with assistance from China, and was completed in October 1975. It is also called the Great Uhuru Railway (Uhuru means "freedom" in Swahili) because it was built to match the track width of Zambia's railway and freed the country from its dependence on the railway of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), which was then a racist white government. The total length is 1,860 km, of which 970 km is within Tanzanian territory. Most of Zambia's copper is exported via this route, and transportation has become easier for undeveloped areas on the Tanzanian side, and branch lines to iron ore and coal deposits in the southwest are also planned.

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Japanese:

タンザニア東部のダルエスサラームとザンビア中部のカピリムポシを結ぶ鉄道。中国の援助で 1970年 10月着工，75年 10月完成。ザンビアの鉄道の軌道幅に合せ，同国を，当時人種差別の白人政権であったローデシア (現ジンバブエ) の鉄道への依存から解放したのでグレートウフルレールウェー Great Uhuru Railway (ウフルはスワヒリ語で「自由」の意) とも呼ばれる。全長 1860km。うち 970kmがタンザニア領内にある。ザンビアの銅のほとんどがこのルートで輸出され，タンザニア側でも未開発地域に運輸の便が生じ，南西部の鉄鉱石，石炭埋蔵地帯への支線建設も計画されている。

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