Bukoba Rural District

Bukoba Rural District

Wilaya ya Bukoba
Bukoba Rural District Wilaya ya Bukoba
District
	Coordinates: 1°29′00″S 31°32′00″E / 1.483333°S 31.533333°E
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kagera
Government
• Type	Council
• Body	Bukoba District Council
• District Commissioner	Moses Joseph Machali (CCM)
• District Secretary	Kadole Kilugala
• Chairman of Council	Murshid Hashim Ngeze
Area
• Total	1,654 km2 (639 sq mi)
Elevation	1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	322,448
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	028
Website	District Website

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

At the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of Bukoba Rural District was 289,697, from 394,020 in 2002, and 340,800 in 1988.^[1]^[2] The district area is 1,654 square kilometres (639 sq mi), with a population density of 175.2 square kilometres (67.6 sq mi)^[3] There are 29 wards, 94 villages, and 515 suburbs in the district.^[4]

Transport

Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Bukoba Rural District.^[5]

Administrative subdivisions

As of 2012, This rural district was administratively divided into 29 wards.^[6]

Wards

Buhendangabo
Bujugo
Butelankuzi
Butulage
Ibwera
Izimbya
Kaagya
Kaibanja
Kanyangereko
Karabagaine
Kasharu
Katerero
Katoma
Katoro
Kemondo
Kibirizi
Kikomero
Kishanje
Kishogo
Kyamulaile
Maruku
Mikoni
Mugajwale
Nyakato
Nyakibimbili
Rubafu
Rubale
Ruhunga
Rukoma

References

^ "2002 Census Analytical Report". Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (in Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). p. 17. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania. March 2013. p. 163. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Bukoba Rural District in Tanzania". City Population (in English and German). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba" [Bukoba District Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "Kagera Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo" [Biharamulo District Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[TZ_census_2002-1] "2002 Census Analytical Report". Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (in Swahili). Dodoma, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). p. 17. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[TZ_census_2012-2] "Tanzania National Census 2012". National Bureau of Statistics. Dodoma, Tanzania. March 2013. p. 163. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[CP_biharamulo22-3] "Bukoba Rural District in Tanzania". City Population (in English and German). Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[Bukoba_dc-4] "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba" [Bukoba District Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Bukoba. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[5] "Kagera Roads Network" (PDF). Tanroads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[Biharamulo_dc-6] "Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo" [Biharamulo District Council]. Ofisi ya Rais, Tawala za Mikoa na Serikali za mitaa (in Swahili). Bukoba, Tanzania: Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Biharamulo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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