is situated on the 8th parallel, south of the equator, 420 km south-west of Dar es Salaam in the valley of the River Kilombero, on the southern edge of the Udzungwa Mountains.
Ifakara ipo katika latitudo 8 kusini mwa ikweta katika bonde la Kilombero kusini mwa milima ya Udzungwa na ipo umbali wa kilometa 480 kusini mashariki toka Dar-es-Salaam