Kirushya is one of 17 wards/divisions of Ngara District, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is located near Burundi and Rwanda. The name itself comes from a word for "tedious"; the area is largely a dry hill, and the scarcity of water forced residents to travel long distances for resupply. Such a journey is tedious, hence the name. In the 2017 government plans, 41% of Kirushya's population had clean water.[1]
Kirushya
Kata ya Kirushya | |
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  Kirushya Location of Kirushya | |
| Coordinates: 2°27′02″S 30°32′34″E / 2.450428°S 30.542775°E | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kagera Region |
| District | Ngara District |
| Ward | Kirushya |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 12,062 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 12,062 people in the ward, from 10,628 in 2012.[2][3]
Villages
editThe ward has 23 villages.[4]
- Mubisumulizi
- Murubila
- Kumuyaga
- Mumakombe
- Kumutumba
- Kasange Nyabigogo
- Kasange kati
- Mukahama
- Gwamanyagu
- Kirushya Mwisenga
- Kamilo
- Kirushya
- Rugenge
- Masale
- Nyamigango
- Mwivuza Murugarama A
- Murugarama B
- Mundaro A
- Mundaro B
- Mubayange A
- Mubayange B
- Mukabenga
- Mumaliza
References
edit- ^ Ngara District Council Strategic Plan (PDF) (Report). Ngara: Halmashauri ya wilaya ya Ngara. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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