Bukoba Urban District

Bukoba Urban District
District

Bukoba Urban District's location within Kagera Region.
Coordinates: 01°20′S 031°49′E / 1.333°S 31.817°E / -1.333; 31.817Coordinates: 01°20′S 031°49′E / 1.333°S 31.817°E / -1.333; 31.817
Country Tanzania
Region Kagera Region
Population (2012)
 • Total 128,796

Bukoba Urban District is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to east by Lake Victoria and to the west by Bukoba Rural District. Its administrative seat is the town of Bukoba.

According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Bukoba Urban District was 128,796.[1]

Transport

Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Bukoba Urban District.[2]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, Bukoba Urban District was administratively divided into 14 wards.[1]

Wards

  • Bakoba
  • Bilele
  • Buhemba
  • Hamugembe
  • Ijuganyondo
  • Kagondo
  • Kahororo
  • Kashai
  • Kibeta
  • Kitendaguro
  • Miembeni
  • Nshambya
  • Nyanga
  • Rwamishenye

References

  1. 1 2 "Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kagera Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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