Tunduma is a Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

n border town in Mbeya Region

Mbeya Region

Mbeya is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Mbeya. It is bordered to the northwest by Tabora Region, to the northeast by Singida Region, to the East by Iringa Region, to the South by Zambia and Malawi and to the West by Rukwa Region...

 with border posts for both the Tanzam Highway and the TAZARA railway (for which it has a station) linking the two countries. It is
113 km south-west of Mbeya

Mbeya

Mbeya is a city located in southwest Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population was 280,000 in 2005. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region ....

. It is also the junction for the dirt road which runs via Sumbawanga

Sumbawanga

Sumbawanga is a city located in western Tanzania. It is the capital of Rukwa Region. The regional population is approximately 150,000 based on a 2002 census.Many people living in Sumbawanga are Fipa, called so for the native language also spoken there...

 through the remote far western districts of Tanzania to Kasulu

Kasulu

Kasulu is one of the 4 districts of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Burundi, to the East by the Kibondo District and to the South by the Kigoma Rural and Kigoma Urban Districts....

 and Kibondo

Kibondo

Kibondo is one of the 4 districts of the Kigoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kagera Region, to the East by the Shinyanga and Tabora Regions, to the South by the Kigoma Urban District, to the West by the Kasulu District and to the Northwest by Burundi.According to the 2002...

in the north-west. According to a 2002 census, it has 34,461 inhabitants.