Bukoba Urban District

District in Kagera Region, Tanzania
Municipality in Kagera Region, Tanzania
Bukoba Municipality
Manispaa ya Bukoba
Municipality
Bukoba, Tanzania
Bukoba, Tanzania
Bukoba municipality of Kagera Region
Bukoba municipality of Kagera Region
Coordinates: 1°20′00″S 31°49′00″E / 1.333333°S 31.816667°E / -1.333333; 31.816667
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
Established1960
Government
 • TypeCouncil
 • BodyBukoba Municipal Council
 • MayorGodson Rwegasira
 • DirectorHamid A. Njovu
 • Deputy MayorMwajabu R.Galiatano
Area
 • Total84.25 km2 (32.53 sq mi)
 • Land61 km2 (24 sq mi)
 • Water22 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total144,938
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zoneEAT
Area code028
WebsiteMunicipal Website

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, from 80,868 in 2002, and 46,503 in 1988.[2][3] The district area is 83.25 square kilometres (32.14 sq mi), with a population density of 1,547 square kilometres (597 sq mi)[4] There are 14 wards and 66 neighborhoods within the municipality.[5]

Transport

Road

Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Bukoba Urban District.[6]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2022, Bukoba Urban District was administratively divided into 14 wards.[5]

Wards

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

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Bukoba municipality
  2. ^ "2002 Census Analytical Report". Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (in Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). p. 17. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania. March 2013. p. 163. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Kagera Region in Tanzania". City Population. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Bukoba" [Bukoba Municipal Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Manispaa ya Bukoba. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Kagera Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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