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Ifakara is a small rural town in the Kilombero District, Morogoro region, south central Tanzania. It is the headquarters of the Kilombero District administration and the main trading centre for Kilombero and Ulanga districts. The town is located near the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) line, at the edge of the Kilombero Valley, a vast swampland flooded by the mighty Kilombero River. Ifakara is home to four major institutions of the Tanzanian health and water sectors: * the Ifakara Health Institute, formerly Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, recognized internationally for its research on malaria, other tropical diseases and health systems and services * the St. Francis Designated Referral Hospital * the newly renovated (the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH), Ifakara ) offering assistant medical officer (AMO) training. * Maji Safi Kwa Afya Bora Ifakara (MSABI) is an NGO implementing cost effective, community based water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Tanzania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MSABI )〕 == Etymology == Etymologically, the name Ifakara is composed of two Ndamba words: ufa and kara which mean “land is destructed” or “land is totally dead”. It was named during the invasions by Lipangalala’s group in 1860s when the Ndamba were in great fear and were driven out of the Kilombero River (Larson 1976). While on the way back home they were informing their fellows they met on the way to the valley that things had fallen apart because of the invasions. Later, during the colonial period Europeans couldn’t pronounce it correctly hence “Ifakara” instead of “ufakara”.〔Edwinus C. Lyaya, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ifakara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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