Near the Zambian border deep in the southern highlands, the city of Mbeya is the major agricultural capital in the country’s south-west region. The Mbeya mountain range lies to the north, and the Poroto mountain range lies to the south-east. Large coffee and tea plantations, banana farms, and fields of cocoa are all grown around the region and come to Mbeya for packaging and transport. Mbeya’s location also makes it an idea transit pointfor good travelling by road and rail between Tanzania and neighbouring Zambia and Malawi. Iidea transit point for good travelling by road and rail between Tanzania and neighbouring Zambia and Malawi