[2] This is approximately 457 kilometres (284 mi), by road, south-west of the city of Morogoro, the regional capital.

[4] Mlimba sits at an average elevation of 304 metres (997 ft) above mean sea level.

Also nearby is the Mlimba Institute of Allied Health Sciences, a teaching facility.

[7] Approximately 40.5 kilometres (25 mi), north of Mlimba, at the border between Morogoro Region and Iringa Region, is the location of Kihansi Hydroelectric Power Station, a 180 megawatts power plant, across the Kilombero River.

After Mlimba, the line leaves the plains and enters mountainous territory, as it proceeds west.