Kashasha is a ward on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the Muleba District of the Kagera Region, Tanzania, near the border of Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962.[2]
Kashasha
Kata ya Kashasha | |
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  Kashasha Location of Kashasha  Kashasha Kashasha (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 1°45′28″S 31°36′57″E / 1.75778°S 31.61583°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kagera Region |
| District | Muleba District |
| Ward | Kashasha |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,508 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 35524 |
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,508 people in the ward, from 11,021 in 2012.[1]: 139 [3]: 166
Villages
editThe ward has 14 villages.[4]
- Rubya
- Kashenshero
- Kitarabwa
- Omukitenge
- Kifo
- Kiiga
- Buhanama
- Bukijungu
- Nyaruhanga
- Bukambiro
- Nyakashunshu
- Rwabona
- Kigabiro
- Kanyambogo
References
edit- ^ a b 2016 Makadirio ya Idadi ya Watu katika Majimbo ya Uchaguzi kwa Mwaka 2016, Tanzania Bara [Population Estimates in Administrative Areas for the Year 2016, Mainland Tanzania] (PDF) (Report) (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (21 November 2007). "The outbreak of hysteria that's no fun at all". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited.
- ^ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Population Distribution by Administrative Areas (PDF) (Report). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics. 1 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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