Bukoba Municipality | |
Native Name: | Manispaa ya Bukoba |
Native Name Lang: | sw |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | -1.3333°N 31.8167°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kagera Region |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1960 |
Area Total Km2: | 84.25 |
Area Land Km2: | 61 |
Area Water Km2: | 22 |
Elevation M: | 1150 |
Government Type: | Council |
Governing Body: | Bukoba Municipal Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Godson Rwegasira |
Leader Title1: | Director |
Leader Name1: | Hamid A. Njovu |
Leader Title2: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name2: | Mwajabu R.Galiatano |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Total: | 144938 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Code: | 028 |
Timezone: | EAT |
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, with a population density of [4] There are 14 wards and 66 neighborhoods within the municipality.[5]
Paved trunk road T4 from Mwanza to the Ugandan border passes through Bukoba Urban District.[6]
As of 2022, Bukoba Urban District was administratively divided into 14 wards.