Nan'goma Cave

{{Short description|Cave in Tanzania}}

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| other_name = {{native phrase|sw|Mapango ya Nan'goma}}

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| location = Kipatimu, Kilwa District, Lindi Region, Tanzania

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| length = 7510m

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| geology = Limestone

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Nan'goma Cave (or Nandembo) is a cave system located in Kipatimu and Kibata ward of Kilwa District in Lindi Region of Tanzania.{{cite book |last1=Laumanns |first1=Michael |title=Tanzania 1994 — 2000, Report on the speleological projects in the Matumbi Hills |date=2001 |publisher=Berliner Höhlenkundliche Berichte |pages=67|url=https://www.speleo-berlin.de/en_publikationen.php}}

With 7510m of surveyed underground passages, it is the longest cave in Tanzania.{{cite web |last1=Gulden |first1=Bob |title=World Longest caves by Country |url=https://www.caverbob.com/wbc.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001145544/https://www.caverbob.com/wbc.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 1, 2022 |publisher=National Speleological Society |access-date=6 February 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Matubi - my search for a cave Tanzanian Affairs |url=https://www.tzaffairs.org/1991/01/matumbi-my-search-for-a-cave/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |language=en-GB}}

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Category:Caves of Tanzania

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