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Bukoba
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Bukoba
Total population
144,938
Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Bukoba is a town with a population of 144,938, situated in the northwest of Tanzania on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region, and the administrative seat for Bukoba Urban District, and is home to Kaitaba Stadium
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History
The town of Bukoba was founded in 1890 by Emin Pasha as the first German military station on Lake Victoria. The town was founded in the territory of the Lesser Kyamutwara chiefdom. Its chief, Mukotani, was hospitable to the Germans and directed them against his rivals: Kayoza of Bugabo and Mutatembwa of Kiziba. After Emin raided Bugabo, Kayoza agreed to send support for the station's construction. Following unrest in neighbouring Uganda, the town received fleeing Catholic missionaries on February 1892. The town was developed into a port through which grain, hides, and ivory passed. Riots broke out during the 1905–1907 Maji Maji Rebellion; they were quickly suppressed. As part of a series punitive reprisals, Chief Ntare of the Karagwe Kingdom was hanged on a tree in Bukoba. The Germans constructed a fort in 1901. By 1914, Bukoba hosted one of three transmission stations in German East Africa, alongside Dar es Salaam and Mwanza. During the East African campaign in World War I, the town was sacked by the British on 2 June 1915. The British launched another raid on 21–23 June, launching attacks from Kisumu. Pillaging and rape were reported to be widespread, and the town was left abandoned after the attacks. After the war, German East Africa was transferred to British control in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. In the initial actions of the Uganda–Tanzania War, Bukoba was bombed by Ugandan MiG aircraft on 18 October 1978, spreading panic but causing little destruction. Another bombing was attempted on 27 October; most bombs landed in forests or Lake Victoria, but one narrowly missed Bukoba's hospital. Civilians began to flee the town, and by the following morning Bukoba was mostly abandoned. On 10 September 2016, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck east-northeast of…
Geography
Situated on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria, Bukoba lies only 1 degree south of the Equator. Bukoba is situated on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria in the north-western region of Tanzania bordering Uganda. The regional capital and Kagera's biggest town is the gateway to the region. It boasts a white sandy beach, a large market, and a swimming pool. 5 of which take VISA cards in the ATM. Bukoba Town itself has the status of a municipal Council. It has a municipal Director and other local government officials like other district councils in the region. Bukoba has an upland tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Amb, because every month has a normal mean temperature of between 18 °C and 22 °C) although it is milder than most climates with that classification due to its altitude. It can sometimes get cool especially in the evenings during the two rainy seasons, but never as cold as the winter season in Europe.
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