Kabanga, Kagera Region

Kabanga
Kata ya Kabanga
Ward
Kabanga is located in Tanzania
Kabanga
Kabanga
Location of Kabanga
Kabanga is located in Africa
Kabanga
Kabanga
Kabanga (Africa)
Coordinates: 02°54′08″S 30°29′55″E / 2.90222°S 30.49861°E / -2.90222; 30.49861
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
DistrictNgara District
WardKabanga
Elevation
1,540 m (5,050 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]: 140 
 • Total
24,979
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Postcode
35709

Kabanga is a ward in the Ngara District of the Kagera Region in Tanzania near the Burundian border. Wahagaza are the indigenous of Ngara. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 24,979 people in the ward, from 22,010 in 2012.[2][1]: 140 [3]: 168 

Villages

The ward has 25 villages.[4]

  • Mukafigiri
  • Mukitangaro
  • Mkisagara
  • Muntamba
  • Ibuga Na. 1
  • Ibuga Centre
  • Mukihahe
  • Kichacha A
  • Kichacha B
  • Mukigoti
  • Mndarangavye
  • Djululigwa centre
  • Murukoli
  • Kabanga ya juu
  • Kumushiha
  • Nzaza A
  • Nzaza B
  • Mkagobero
  • Murukukumbo chini
  • Mundimanga
  • Muchuya
  • Mukitamo
  • Murutete
  • Mukirehe
  • Murulango

Transport

In 2021, a proposed railway to Rwanda would pass through this town.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Hangaza in Tanzania". People Groups. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Kagera Postcodes" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ^ "SGR plans initiated under Mkapa govt, reveals Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The Citizen (Tanzania). 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.