Ujiji

Ujiji stands on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, where lake travel meets the routes across the East African interior. Communities around the lake maintained exchange across its waters before caravans from the Indian Ocean coast reached the region. In the early nineteenth century coastal merchants sought ivory farther inland, and by 1831 they had established a base at Ujiji from which caravans could travel beyond the lake.

The later city of Kigoma lies here.