Mutukula, Tanzania

For the city in Uganda, see Mutukula, Uganda.
Mutukula
Mtukula
Mutukula is located in Tanzania
Mutukula
Mutukula
Location in Tanzania
Coordinates: 01°00′04″S 31°24′54″E / 1.00111°S 31.41500°E / -1.00111; 31.41500
Country Tanzania
RegionKagera Region
DistrictMissenyi District
Elevation
400 m (1,200 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (East Africa Time )
UFI-2570404
ClimateAw

Mutukula, sometimes spelled as Mtukula,[1] is a small town in Missenyi District, Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania, at the border with Uganda. Formerly, the settlement on the border was known as Kyebisagazi, and Mutukula was a kilometre to the south on the east side of the Masaka-Bukoba Road (B8).


Location

The town is located approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Bukoba, the regional capital.[2]

Population

The 2012 estimated population of Mutukula, Tanzania, was about 5,000.[citation needed] The immediately adjacent town in Uganda is about three times the size.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mtukula (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ Road Distance Between Bukoba and Mutukula with Map
  • "Google Satellite Map of Mutukula, Tanzania". Maps.google.com.